{"product_id":"josef-kott-stained-glass-design-with-jesus-christ-vines-thistle-original-1885-watercolour-painting-kd-453","title":"Josef Kott, Stained Glass Design with Jesus Christ, Vines \u0026 Thistle – 1885 watercolour painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original 1885 watercolour painting – Josef Kott, Stained Glass Design with Jesus Christ, Vines \u0026amp; Thistle.\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 is an additional beautiful drawing 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 pen and ink and watercolour and 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":54203133886793,"sku":"KD-453","price":110.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KD-453.jpg?v=1776265170","url":"https:\/\/somersetandwood.com\/it\/products\/josef-kott-stained-glass-design-with-jesus-christ-vines-thistle-original-1885-watercolour-painting-kd-453","provider":"Somerset \u0026 Wood Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}