Francesco Beda (1840 1900) Italian artist Mozart, Menuet

Thank you everyone for watching and for comments All the best Francesco Beda (Trieste, 29 November 1840 30 July 1900) was an Italian painter, mainly depicted costume genre subjects. The costume genre subjects were popular with some buyers, and depicted individuals in anachronistic, often aristocratic garb of the prior centuries, often entertained in either gallantry or frivolous enjoyment Francesco studied with Karl von Blaas in Vienna, but in addition to working in his native Trieste, he travelled and painted for patrons in Austria, Hungary, and Croatia. He painted portraits of the Empress Elisabeth of Austria, the Prince of Rolian, and Bishop Strossmayer of Zagreb. He also had an interest in Orientalist subjects as exemplified by Il Caffè Orientale di Trieste (c. 1888), now on display in the Civic Museum of Oriental Art of Trieste 2 and the Capture of Slaves3 Francesco s son Giulio Beda (Trieste 1879 Munich, 1942) was also a painter.