Osječki zbornik, Vol. Vol. 27 No. xx, 2004.
Professional paper
Josip Franjo Mücke: the portrait of the baroness Elena Rajačić
Branka Balen
; Galerija likovnih umjetnosti Osijek
Abstract
After the retrospective of Josip Franjo Miicke in the Gallery of Fine Arts in Osijek in 2000, a portrait of baroness Elena Rajacic was found in the private collection in Osijek. The portrait had been well-known before the Second World War and it had been written about in the Osijek anthology no. 1. Afterwards it was lost without trace until 2003 when the colleagues in the Museum of Slavonia found it by chance.
The portrait of baroness Elena Rajacic had been painted during J.F. Miicke's stay in Osijek in 1864, a year after her tragic death. It is a large size painting
(1085x870mm), signed and furnished with a rich frame, painted in the spirit of academic realism, probably according to a photograph.
It is one of many portraits that the painter had made during his lifetime. As his portraits vary in quality, we can affirm that the portrait of baroness Elena Rajacic belongs to his most distinctive portrait achievements.
It was of great importance that the portrait was traced again if we consider not only the quality but also the completion of Josip Franjo Miicke's work.
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163559
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Publication date:
6.12.2004.
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