{"product_id":"josef-kott-frescos-at-palazzo-ducale-mantua-original-1885-watercolour-painting-kd-452","title":"Josef Kott, Frescos at Palazzo Ducale, Mantua – 1885 watercolour painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original 1885 watercolour painting – Josef Kott, Frescos at Palazzo Ducale, Mantua.\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 frescos at the Palazzo Ducale in Mantua. There is an additional beautiful drawing on the verso of the sheet showing decorations on the domed ceiling at St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.\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 pen and ink and watercolour with touches of gold paint 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":54203144536393,"sku":"KD-452","price":682.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KD-452.jpg?v=1776265356","url":"https:\/\/somersetandwood.com\/en-eu\/products\/josef-kott-frescos-at-palazzo-ducale-mantua-original-1885-watercolour-painting-kd-452","provider":"Somerset \u0026 Wood Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}