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Road near Paestum Basilica, 1860 - 1865

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Oil on canvas
46×66.5 cm

Artists

  • Anton Romako

    (Vienna 1832–1889 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment
Anton Romako (1832–1889), who had moved to Rome in 1856, managed within two decades to establish himself in Italy as a portraitist and genre painter, and to acquire wealth and renown. This period was also one of his most productive. The painting Road near Paestum Basilica shows a lone rider, accompanied by his faithful dog, on a road that leads through a campanian landscape, the monumental basilica of Paestum rising up in the background. The spectrum of colors chosen by Romako and the delicately placed brushstrokes serve to emphasize the scene’s idyllic character. The composition recalls the architectural capricci popular with travelers in the 18th century.

AS, 2021

Object data

Artist/author
  • Anton Romako
Title
Road near Paestum Basilica
Date
1860 - 1865
Art movement
Naturalism I Realism
Category
Painting
Material​/technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
46×66.5 cm
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 95
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
Selection of Reference works
  • Anton Romako. Beginn der Moderne, hrsg. von Marianne Hussl-Hörmann/Hans-Peter Wipplinger, Köln 2018 (Ausst.-Kat. Leopold Museum, Wien, 06.04.2018–18.06.2018).
  • Anton Romako. Beginn der Moderne, hrsg. von Marianne Hussl-Hörmann/Hans-Peter Wipplinger, Köln 2018 (Ausst.-Kat. Leopold Museum, Wien, 06.04.2018–18.06.2018).
  • Fritz Novotny: Der Maler Anton Romako 1832–1889, Wien/München 1954.
Catalogue raisonne
  • Reiter 2010: 128
  • Novotny 1954: 85
Keywords
landscape representationstreetriding: horse/donkey/muledoggoatarchitectural representationfirmament/skylandscape

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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i

Prof. Felix Pazofsky, Wien (vor 1954); (1)
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (o.D.);
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (1994)

  1. Fritz Novotny, Der Maler Anton Romako. 1832–1889, Wien-München 1954, S. 21, Nr. 85 „Die Ruine der ‚Basilika‘ in Paestum“

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landscape representationstreetriding: horse/donkey/muledoggoatarchitectural representationfirmament/skylandscape