/internal/media/dispatcher/138673/fullAdmiral Tegetthoff in the Naval Battle of Lissa I1878-1880[Anton Romako]Anton RomakoOil on woodUnperturbed by the billowing smoke and flying shrapnel, Rear Admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff (1827–1871) stands on the bridge. Sailors are keeping the ship on course, as we witness the moment before it sinks the Italian battleship Re d’Italia. Romako’s picture met with utter incomprehension. It included none of the customary features that would have glorified the Austrian naval victory: no sea, no flags, no burning ships. In fact, the opposite is the case. The Austrian flagship is barely more than implied. The battle itself is reflected in the figures, in Tegetthoff’s assurance of victory and in the energy and tense concentration of his officers and sailors. Paintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/3783/rdf