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In a Roman Osteria is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Danish painter Carl Bloch.It was painted in 1866. One of Bloch's better-known genre scenes, the painting was commissioned by the merchant Moritz G. Melchior, Bloch's friend and major supporter who is included in the background of the painting.
In a Roman Osteria, 1866 Samson in the Treadmill. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and studied there at the Royal Danish Academy of Art (Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi) under Wilhelm Marstrand. Bloch's parents wanted their son to enter what they considered to be a respectable profession – an officer in the Navy.
Carl Bloch's In a Roman Osteria was painted with direct inspiration from Marstrand's painting. Moritz G. Melchior, who had commissioned the work, had specifically requested a painting similar to that of Marstrand's Italian osteria scene. Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann has also painted an osteria scene with inspiration from that of Marstrand's painting.
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An osteria (Italian: [osteˈriːa]; pl.: osterie) [1] in Italy was originally a place serving wine and simple food. Lately, the emphasis has shifted to the food, but menus tend to be short, with the emphasis on local specialities such as pasta and grilled meat or fish, often served at shared tables.
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The word trattoria is cognate with the French term traiteur [3] (a caterer providing takeaway food). Derived in Italian from trarre, meaning 'to treat' (from the Latin tractare / trahere, 'to draw'), [4] its etymology has also been linked to the Latin term littera tractoria, which referred to a letter ordering provision of food and drink for officials traveling on the business of the Holy ...
Catherine de' Medici. Tuscan cuisine is a blend of Etruscan and Roman cooking traditions.The Etruscans, who inhabited the region before the rise of Rome, were skilled in viticulture, cultivating grapes and producing their own wines.