{"product_id":"josef-kott-painted-facade-of-a-house-in-genoa-via-san-matteo-10-original-1885-watercolour-painting-kd-454","title":"Josef Kott, Painted Facade of a House in Genoa, Via San Matteo 10 – 1885 watercolour painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original 1885 watercolour painting – Josef Kott, Painted Facade of a House in Genoa, Via San Matteo 10.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis exquisite drawing forms part of a collection of interior design studies by the Austrian painter-decorator Josef Kott (fl.1880s\/1890s).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe drawing shows decorations from the painted facade of a house in Genoa at no.10 Via San Matteo. There are additional beautiful drawings on the verso of the sheet as shown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJosef Kott ran a Vienna-based company, whose commissions included the interior painting of palaces and theatres across the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His contractors included the Künstler-Compagnie workshop artists Gustav Klimt, Ernst Klimt, and Franz Matsch. Kott's work was Historicist in style—heavily referencing styles of the past, such as Classicism and Renaissance painting, translating them into a contemporary grandiose opulence that served the needs of the Habsburg court.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn watercolour with graphite on cream wove paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProvenance: Ex Libris Anthony Denning.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54203143389513,"sku":"KD-454","price":433.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KD-454.jpg?v=1776265335","url":"https:\/\/somersetandwood.com\/de-eu\/products\/josef-kott-painted-facade-of-a-house-in-genoa-via-san-matteo-10-original-1885-watercolour-painting-kd-454","provider":"Somerset \u0026 Wood Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}