{"product_id":"josef-kott-catholic-church-stained-glass-design-with-tudor-rose-original-1885-watercolour-painting-kd-451","title":"Josef Kott, Catholic Church Stained Glass Design with Tudor Rose – 1885 watercolour painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original 1885 watercolour painting – Josef Kott, Catholic Church Stained Glass Design with Tudor Rose.\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\u003eThere are additional beautiful drawings on the verso of the sheet, showing carved designs from the Tyrol.\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 and silver 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":54203135951177,"sku":"KD-451","price":128.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KD-451.jpg?v=1776265200","url":"https:\/\/somersetandwood.com\/it\/products\/josef-kott-catholic-church-stained-glass-design-with-tudor-rose-original-1885-watercolour-painting-kd-451","provider":"Somerset \u0026 Wood Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}