/internal/media/dispatcher/50581/fullMerrymakers in a Gondolac. 1873/1876[Anton Romako]Anton RomakoOil on woodThe gondola appears far too small to accommodate this boisterous party of seven clad in Rococo costume. But the artist is not concerned with such trivial matters. He is more interested in the charming effect of the colorful garments, arranged in sketchy dabs of color like flowers in a still life. In Merry Company in a Gondola, Romako was following in the footsteps of the greatest artist of the French Rococo, Jean-Antoine Watteau, the quintessential painter of courtly festivities in the outdoors. Romako is demonstrating his virtuosity as a painter in this celebration of the sensory intoxication of such gatherings.Paintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/4156/rdf