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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.
Osteria in art: Aleksander Lauréus (1793–1823) oil painting from 1820, Roman Osteria from Pori Art Museum (Finnish: Porin taidemuseo, Swedish: Björneborgs konstmuseum). Pori Art Museum is a museum of contemporary and modern art museum in Pori (Swedish: Björneborg), Finland.
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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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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 ...
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