35 000 CZK
| 1 346 €
Lot 49
COMPASSION
1891
Oil on canvas on cardboard
48,5 x 33,5 cm (h x w)
Upper right "Josef Ženíšek"
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Josef Ženíšek was a student of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague under professor Lhota and also studied at a school in Munich. After graduating, he traveled to Paris and Rome. He became famous for his girl portraits. In Compassion, he briefly abandons his usual portrait format and paints a girl with a rabbit with piercing black eyes sitting on a fence. The work was exhibited at the National Jubilee Exhibition in Prague and published in the magazine Zlatá Praha.
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