"Wandering Gypsies with a Menagerie: A Picturesque Subject of the 19th Century"

(Active in the second half of the 19th century) Traveling Romani people with a menagerie in tranquility on the Hungarian Puszta. A picturesque scene of a wandering circus group on a two-wheeled cart passing through villages. At the center of the painting, a seated girl in a bright red dress trains a white poodle, while on the left side of the image, a woman prepares food for two young people by a fire. As for animals, on the right side of the paintings, two horses and a resting donkey are depicted, along with an owl in a cage and two playful small monkeys, a white cockatoo, and a bright little parrot on the cart. The painting represents a typical romanticized and atmospheric depiction of wandering Romani, as also portrayed by many Austrian and Hungarian artists, including Jörgi Vastag (1834-1922) and Mihály von Munkácsy (1844-1900). Oil on canvas; signature indistinct; 88 cm x 105.5 cm. Framed. Austrian or Hungarian artist, active in the second half of the 19th century; Oil on canvas. Signature indistinct.