Anton Romako Austrian, 1832-1889

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Description

Anton Romako
Die Brigantessa (The Brigand's Wife)
signed and dated A. Romako / 1872 / Roma l.l.
oil on canvas
126.5 by 96cm., 49 3/4 by 37 3/4 in.

Provenance

Brigadier General Sir Ernest Makins K.B.E. (commissioned directly from the artist; until 1959)
Sale: Phillips, Son & Neale, 24 May 1960, lot 296
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1873, no. 411
Vienna, Oberes Belvedere, Anton Romako, 1992, no. 35 (pp. 136-7 of the catalogue, illustrated p. 137)

Literature

Fritz Novotny, Der Maler Anton Romako, Vienna and Munich 1954, pp.19 & 31 (mentioned), p. 87, no. 181(listed)