Anton Romako s painting of Admiral Tegetthoff in the Naval Battle of Lissa is now celebrated as a visionary work, and is part of the canon of European art of the 19th century. This richly illustrated book traces the history of the picture and places it in the historical, military, and artistic context of its age.

Admiral Tegetthoff in the Naval Battle of Lissa now seems amazingly modern, but although today we can appreciate it as a masterpiece, it was almost universally rejected and mocked when it was first shown at the Kunstlerhaus in Vienna in the summer of 1882.
Presupposing...