Portrait of Count Agenor Goluchowski

Franciszek Tepa

Basic information

ID: Г-V-666/27
Author: Franciszek Tepa
Name: Portrait of Count Agenor Goluchowski
Technique: drawing
Material: cardboard watercolour
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 17.5 x 14

Additionally

Type: graphic art
Genre: portraiture
Plot: Portrait

Information about author

Author: Franciszek Tepa
Artist's lifetime: 1828–1889
Country: Austrian Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Biography: The artist and graphic designer Franciszek Tepa was born in 1828 in Lviv. He received his initial artistic education from Jan Maszkowski. He continued his studies at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts under Ferdinand Waldmuller and later at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts under Wilhelm von Kaulbach. In the circle of Lviv romanticists during the 1840s and 1850s, influenced by French painting, the theme of the East became popular. After completing his education at the academies in Vienna and Munich, Franciszek Tepa travelled for two years through Greece, Egypt, and Palestine. His fascination with Eastern themes was expressed in paintings and watercolours. In the 1850s, the artist studied in Paris. In 1858, after returning from Paris, he settled in Lviv. He then created a series of works on everyday themes for Count Wlodzimierz Dzieduszycki. He passed away in 1889 in Lviv.

Object description

The work shows a half-length image of a middle-aged man with his gaze directed at the viewer. He is depicted with wide sideburns, wavy hair combed to the side, and medals around his neck and chest. The man is dressed in a black tailcoat, with a white ribbon visible across his left shoulder. He is wearing a white vest and a collar tied with a bow tie. On his chest is a gold chain with an eagle. Agenor Goluchowski (1812–1875) was an Austrian statesman, political figure, and count. He served as the Governor of Galicia (1849–1859, 1866–1867, 1871–1875) and the Minister of the Interior of Austria (1859–1860).

Inscriptions

In the bottom right is the artist's signature in pencil: "F. Tepa".

Legal regulation

Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

Portrait of Count Agenor Goluchowski

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