High romantical landscape with figures and far view to medival city (probably town Volterra in Tuscany ) was executed before 1850 in the style very close to the works of famous Hungarian landscape painter Karoly Marko (1822 Pest - 1891 Moscow), who at the age of 16 years was travelling with his father painter Carlo Marko senior (1791- 1860) through Italy and settled in Florence, where Marko younger pursued his studies. Later, he was joined there by his brother András Markó. Among his works are depictions of the Valle di Quesa near the countryside by Pisa. While he was close with many of the Macchiaoli painters, his style seems to recall that of the Baroque painter Lorraine as well as painters of the School of Posillipo. Among his works are: La Brigata del Boccaccio; Veduta di Bella Riva; Le cave di Carrara; Paese in Corsica; I dintorni di Gaville; and Lungo l ´ Arno. Some of his works, such as Christ in Emmaus and The Samaritan at the Well[1] have figures in the scene dwarfed by the landscape, although the landscape itself commented on the events. Some of his works are on display in the Hungarian National Gallery.He was Professor of the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, as well as in Genoa, Perugia, and Urbino. Among his pupils were Serafino De Tivoli, Adolfo Tommasi, Ulvi Liegi, and Domenico Bresolin. He later moved to Russia, possibly with a promise of employment (as Italian painters were very much in vogue there at the time) and died in Moscow.
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Provenance: Italian private collection.
Literature: Szentklaray A.H. , in Muveszet, VIII (1909); Thieme/Becker "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart"; Dr.Nagy "Lexicon of hungarian artists"(in Hungarian), Budapest, 1997; in on-line: wga.hu.
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Technique: oil on canvas. Luxuriousy original Biedermeier gold-plated frame.
Measurements: unframed w 17 3/4" x h 13 1/4" ( 45,3 x 33,5 cm); framed w 27 1/2" x h 23 5/8" ( 70 x 60 cm).
Condition: in very good condition. |