August Anton Tischbein - August Selb

Slavic wedding entourage
A Sunday in Peroj Wedding procession of Istrian Slavs

Landscapes

Reminiscences of the Artists' Journey Along the Austrian Littoral (1842)

People

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Young woman from Servola

Young woman from Piran

 Fisherman from Muggia

Ciceria / Cicarija

 Rovigno/Rovinj
Woman from Ćićarija Saltworker Peasant from Rovinj
Vodnjan / Dignano Vodnjan / Dignano Vodnjan / Dignano
Vodnjan women Peasant woman from Vodnjan surroundings Shepherd from Vodnjan surroundings
Monpaderno/Baderno Peroi/Peroj Barbana/Barban
Peasant woman from Badena Peasant woman from Peroj Town guard in Barban
Albona/Labin Albona/Labin
Peasant woman and fishmonger Peasant woman from Labin Peaants from Labin surroundings

Source:

  • August Anton Tischbein and August Selb (paintings), Pietro Kandler (Italian text), with translations by Srđa Orbanić (Croatian), Jakob Löwenthal (German) and Vedrana Brajković (English). Book published by C.A.S.H. Histria Croatica (Pula, 1997) and entitled: 
    • Hrvatski: Uspomene sa  slikarskog putovanja - Austrijskim Primosjem
    • Deusch: Erinnerrunger einer malerischen reise in dem Oesterreichischen Kusternlande
    • Italiano: Memorie di un viaggio pittorico nel litorale Austriaco
    • English: Reminiscences of the artists' journey along the Austrian littoral

  • Images (bottom row) - courtesy of Michael Plass.

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