id: 95250 accession number: 1916.1024 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1024 updated: 2024-03-26 01:56:11.301000 Diana and Her Nymphs, 1853. Károly Markó (Hungarian, 1791–1860). Oil on fabric; unframed: 25 x 35.1 cm (9 13/16 x 13 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1024 title: Diana and Her Nymphs title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1853 creation date earliest: 1853 creation date latest: 1853 current location: creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade copyright: --- culture: Hungary technique: oil on fabric department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960 type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Károly Markó (Hungarian, 1791–1860) - artist After an initial education in engineering, Károly Markó began his artistic studies in 1818 in Pest and four years later entered the academy in Vienna. In addition to the realistic Hungarian landscapes he painted, the artist supported himself with portraits and miniatures on porcelain. From 1830 until 1832, he worked in Kismarton. The Viennese banker Geymüller was instrumental in making possible Markó's move to Rome in 1832. There he started painting idyllic landscapes with mythological or biblical subjects and peasant scenes. In 1838 he moved to Pisa and two years later left for Florence to teach at the academy. From 1847 on he lived in Count Gherardesca's Villa Appeggi near Florence, where, for example, he painted the Cleveland painting. In 1853 Markó visited Vienna and received a warm welcome in Budapest. Even while living in Italy, Markó stayed in touch with the artistic community in Hungary and was an important figure in the development of Hungarian painting. He regularly sent paintings to exhibitions there, had Hungarian pupils in Italy, and, in 1845, submitted a design for the new parliament building in Budapest. During his lifetime, he was well known. In 1861 most of his estate went to the National Museum in Budapest. Markó had three sons who also became painters: Károly (1822-1891), András (1824-1895), and Ferenc (1832-1874). --- measurements: Unframed: 25 x 35.1 cm (9 13/16 x 13 13/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed lower left: C. Markó p. Ap. 1853 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Conserving the Past for the Future opening date: 2001-03-04T00:00:00 Conserving the Past for the Future. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-May 6, 2001). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS "The Wade Collection." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 4, no. 1 (1917): 3-12. page number: Mentioned: p. 4 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136060 Argencourt, Louise d', and Roger Diederen. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 4. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 417-419, Vol. II, no. 144 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1024/1916.1024_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1024/1916.1024_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1024/1916.1024_full.tif