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Zagreb (?)
Josip Franjo Mucke
1871
Oil on canvas
92 x 74 cm
The painting was commissioned from Josip Franjo Mucke for the National Museum; the money was raised by a collection drive in 1871.
M.Schneider, Portreti 1800-1870, Zagreb, 1973, page. 115, catalogue number 206;
Ivan Mazuranic - ban pucanin, Zagreb, 1990, page 86, catalogue number 130.
In the entire history of the Museum only five paintings were commissioned with the aim of including them in the collections of the National Museum, namely the portrait of Dragutin Rakovac in 1855, the portraits of Francis Joseph I, Josip Jelacic and Juraj Haulik in 1858 (all from the painter Ivan Zasche), and finally, the portrait of Josip Juraj Strossmayer, from the painter Josip Franjo Mucke in 1871.
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