Updated November 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 76 works by Anton Romako in our catalogue
In short
Of all the originals Anton Romako left, the most famous is Girl at a window to St. Mark's Square, feeding pigeons (1875), in the collection of the Austrian Gallery Belvedere, Vienna. Close behind it come Fisher boy on the sea beach (1875) and The Shipbuilding Engineer Josef von Romako as First Lieutenant (1851). Our catalog holds 76 works by Anton Romako; the gallery has kept the 75 the world admires most, each shown with its date, its museum and its story.
A woman leans toward the light of an open window, her hands occupied with a simple, repetitive grace. She holds a basket, a vessel for sustenance, as she offers grain to the birds gathered at the sill. Outside, the expanse of St. Mark's Square stretches toward the horizon, a pale stage for the movement of pigeons. The birds are caught in mid-motion, some hovering near her fingertips, others settling on…
The sun hangs heavy over the coastline, casting a warm, steady light across the sand. A young boy stands near the water's edge, his small frame anchored against the gentle movement of the tide. He holds a large umbrella, a shield against the heat of the day, while the sea laps at the shore. Nearby, several boats rest in the shallow water, some bobbing near the sand and others drifting…
The oil on canvas work titled The Shipbuilding Engineer Josef von Romako as First Lieutenant was executed by the Austrian painter Anton Romako. This portrait, created about 1851, depicts a man in military attire. The subject of the painting is Josef von Romako, who was the brother of the artist.
The stubborn donkey by Anton Romako is a 19th-century oil painting that presents a horizontal composition centered on a grey donkey. The scene depicts a moment of struggle within a rural setting, involving the animal and two men. To the left of the donkey, a man dressed in light-colored, rustic clothing and a red vest raises a stick or staff in a forceful gesture. On the right, a man wearing…
In "Off to market" by Anton Romako, we find ourselves observing a quiet, singular moment from a medium shot at eye level. The composition is vertically oriented, drawing our attention to a young woman in traditional attire as she moves through a rugged landscape. She carries a basket balanced upon her head, while her arms hold stalks of grain, grounding the scene in the rhythms of rural labor. There is…
The Sculptor Reinhold Begas with His Wife Margarethe is an oil on canvas created by the Austrian painter Anton Romako. This portrait, dated about 1869, captures the sculptor Reinhold Begas alongside his wife, Margarethe.
The Soap Bubble Blower is an oil painting by Anton Romako. Created about 1871, the work captures a singular, quiet moment. The canvas holds a vision shaped by the artist's own complex origins. Romako was born in 1832 in Atzgersdorf, Austria.
In Angelus by Anton Romako, a quiet moment of rural life unfolds beneath the heavy canopy of a large tree. Two women and a baby rest in the shade, their forms anchored to the earth. The scene is set during the soft transition of dusk or dawn, where the light begins to pull shadows from the grass. Beyond this intimate gathering, a distant landscape stretches toward the horizon, offering a…
In this intimate portrait, titled The Artist's Nieces, Elisabeth and Maja, Anton Romako turns his gaze toward the quiet presence of family. The two young girls, Elisabeth and Maja, occupy the center of the frame, their youthful features caught in a moment of stillness. Painted in 1873, the work captures the subjects with a sense of gentle observation, as if the artist has paused time to record a fleeting instance…
A three-quarter view portrait of Hofrat Dr. Karl Zehden captures a man of significant social standing through a lens of psychological depth. The subject is rendered from the chest up, positioned slightly off-center to create a sense of natural presence. Dark, curly hair and a full, reddish-brown beard frame a face illuminated by a light source from the upper left. This lighting strategy employs chiaroscuro to cast soft shadows across…
Babette Tapecierer1874
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Elisabeth von Nast-Kolb, née Hardegg1874
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Girl with Pearl Necklace in Her Hair1874
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The Animal Painter Karl Reichert1874
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The Internist Professor Samuel Stern (?)1876
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Carnival on St. Mark's Square in Venice1874
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Girl with a bouquet of lilacs1873
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Peasant Girl1882 · Bavarian State Painting Collections
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Dance of Death on the Battlefield before Burning Ruins1883
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The Rose Picker1883
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Girl Picking Apples1882
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Portrait of Isabella Reisser1885 · Leopold Museum
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Friends1881
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Lady in a Red Dress1889
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Woman in Scarlet Dress with Newspaper and Ficus1886
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Mathilde Stern, née Porges1889
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Travelers on the Via Appia1889
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Girl with a frill1875 · Austrian Gallery Belvedere
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Portrait of Empress Elisabeth
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Head of a butcher's dog1882 · Austrian Gallery Belvedere
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The writer Hermann Rollett at the waterfall1885 · Austrian Gallery Belvedere
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View of Rome from Monte Mario1865
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Peasant couple in the Campagna1865
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Gypsy Camp in the Puszta1877
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The Gasteinertal in Fog1877
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The Gasteinertal II1877
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Evening in the Prossau near Gastein1877
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At Lake Wolfgangsee1877
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On the Balcony1878
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Gasteinertal I1877
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Wildbad Gastein in the evening (with Bengal lights)1877
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Merry company in a gondola1876 · Austrian Gallery Belvedere
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Tarantula dancers and mandolin players1876
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Two Girls Gathering Ears of Corn near a Wayside Shrine1876
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Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Battle of Zenta1881
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The Meiereiwiese in the Vorderbrühl with the Mödling Ruin1885
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Weilburg bei Baden1885
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Forest Clearing with Thistles1885
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Sea Storm1881
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Greillenstein Castle1885 · Leopold Museum
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Portrait of Johann Strauss II1880
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Makart salon interior, with a lady and a seated gentleman1887
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Rudolf von Habsburg at the Corpse of Přemysl Ottokar, King of Bohemia
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Bust Portrait of the Niece, Käthchen Winder
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Eating Girl
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Empress Elizabeth of Austria
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A study of a dog
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A young woman with black hair, gazing towards the sky
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galley of the battle of Lepanto on October 7, 1571
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Portrait of a woman
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Vienna Carnival Scene (Two cavaliers competing for a woman)
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Don Juan de Austria ("Joannes Austriacus")
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Hungarian Farm
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Landscape with Castle
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At the waterfall
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Female nude
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Children collecting twigsLeopold Museum
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Tegetthoff Auf Der Brücke
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The Artist's Wife Sophie With Their Daughters
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A water lily pond
71
Landscape at the lakeside
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A shepherd
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Italian fishermen child
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Admiral Tegetthoff in der Seeschlacht bei Lissa II
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Portrait of a Young ManРезиденцгалерея Зальцбург
The four subjects that come back most often in these originals, each with its finest example.
The 4 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by Anton Romako | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
 Austrian Gallery Belvedere |
Vienna | 6 | Girl at a window to St. Mark's Square, feeding pigeons, Fisher boy on the sea beach, Girl with a frill |
 Leopold Museum |
Vienna | 3 | Portrait of Isabella Reisser, Greillenstein Castle, Children collecting twigs |
 Bavarian State Painting Collections |
Munich | 1 | Peasant Girl |
 Резиденцгалерея Зальцбург |
Salzburg | 1 | Portrait of a Young Man |
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The oil on canvas work titled The Shipbuilding Engineer Josef von Romako as First Lieutenant was executed by the Austrian painter Anton Romako. This portrait, created about 1851, depicts a man in military attire. The subject of the painting is Josef von Romako, who was the brother of the artist.
In "Off to market" by Anton Romako, we find ourselves observing a quiet, singular moment from a medium shot at eye level. The composition is vertically oriented, drawing our attention to a young woman in traditional attire as she moves through a rugged landscape. She carries a basket balanced upon her head, while her arms hold stalks of grain, grounding the scene in the rhythms of rural labor. There is…
A woman leans toward the light of an open window, her hands occupied with a simple, repetitive grace. She holds a basket, a vessel for sustenance, as she offers grain to the birds gathered at the sill. Outside, the expanse of St. Mark's Square stretches toward the horizon, a pale stage for the movement of pigeons. The birds are caught in mid-motion, some hovering near her fingertips, others settling on…
Peasant Girl is an oil on canvas work by Anton Romako, executed about 1882. The artist, born in 1832 in Atzgersdorf, Austria, produced this piece during a period of significant stylistic transition. Romako’s career spanned several decades until his death in 1889.
Girl at a window to St. Mark's Square, feeding pigeons (1875), Austrian Gallery Belvedere, Vienna. Fisher boy on the sea beach (1875) and The Shipbuilding Engineer Josef von Romako as First Lieutenant (1851) come next.
43 years old: Girl at a window to St. Mark's Square, feeding pigeons dates from 1875, and Anton Romako was born in 1832.
Girl at a window to St. Mark's Square, feeding pigeons, Fisher boy on the sea beach, The Shipbuilding Engineer Josef von Romako as First Lieutenant, The stubborn donkey, Off to market, The Sculptor Reinhold Begas with His Wife Margarethe, The Soap Bubble Blower, Angelus, The Artist's Nieces, Elisabeth and Maja and Hofrat Dr. Karl Zehden. The ranking above gives each one's year and museum.
Our catalog holds 76 works by Anton Romako, dated from 1851 to 1889.
Mostly in Austrian Gallery Belvedere (Vienna), Leopold Museum (Vienna) and Bavarian State Painting Collections (Munich). The museum table above lists them all.
In 1870s: 25 of the 75 works on this page were made then, Girl at a window to St. Mark's Square, feeding pigeons among them.
On this page, the earliest is The Shipbuilding Engineer Josef von Romako as First Lieutenant (1851) and the latest Lady in a Red Dress (1889).
Woman (15), Man (7) and Portrait (5), across the 75 works on this page.
Oil On Canvas, for 19 of the 75 works on this page.
Realism, judging by the originals on this page.
Girl at a window to St. Mark's Square, feeding pigeons, Fisher boy on the sea beach and Girl with a frill: the Austrian Gallery Belvedere, Vienna holds 6 of the works on this page.
The life of Anton Romako was a tapestry woven from threads of social complexity and artistic restlessness. Born in 1834 in Atzgersdorf, the artist entered the world under circumstances that would forever color his perception of identity and belonging. As the illegitimate son of Josef Lepper, a factory owner, and Elisabeth Maria Anna Romako, a Czech housemaid, his early years were marked by a profound sense of being an outsider. This inherent tension between his humble origins and the burgeoning grandeur of the Viennese Ringstraße era became a driving force behind his creative spirit, fueling a lifelong quest to capture the psychological depth beneath the surface of imperial splendor.
Romako’s journey through the halls of artistic tradition was anything but linear. His initial foray into the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna proved to be a period of significant friction; the conservative dictates of Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, who famously dismissed the young student as talentless, acted not as a deterrent but as a powerful catalyst. This early rejection propelled Romako toward the broader horizons of Munich and eventually into the sun-drenched landscapes of Italy. Immersing himself in the legacies of Titian and Raphael, he began to synthesize a style that moved away from rigid academicism toward something far more emotive and fluid.
The true metamorphosis of Romako’s hand can be traced to his private tutelage under Carl Rähl. It was through Rähl that the artist discovered the power of the loose brushstroke and the subtle modulation of tone, techniques that allowed him to breathe life into the atmosphere itself. This influence anchored his landscapes in the spirit of the Barbizon School, where he sought to capture the sublime, melancholic beauty of the Austrian countryside through atmospheric perspective rather than mere topographical accuracy.
As his technical mastery grew, Romako transitioned from the quietude of nature to the dramatic theater of human history and character. His work began to reflect a fascination with the psychological weight of his subjects, particularly in his portraiture and historical compositions. He possessed a rare ability to depict not just the physical likeness of the Viennese elite, but the underlying tensions and fleeting emotions of an era on the brink of transformation. His paintings often serve as windows into the soul, where the interplay of light and shadow mirrors the internal conflicts of his subjects.
Though he navigated a complex social landscape, Romako’s contribution to 19th-century art remains indelible. He stood as a bridge between the traditionalist past and the burgeoning modernism that would soon redefine European painting. His ability to blend the historical gravity of his subjects with an expressive, almost proto-expressionist technique allowed him to capture the very essence of the Ringstraße era—a period of immense outward growth masking deep internal shifts.
Today, the significance of Anton Romako lies in his role as a trailblazer who refused to be confined by the labels imposed upon him. His oeuvre stands as a testament to the power of artistic resilience, proving that even from the margins of society, one can create a vision that commands the center of the art world. Through his portraits and historical scenes, he left behind a profound record of a vanished era, rendered with a sensitivity that continues to captivate the modern eye.
