In a Roman Osteria

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In a Roman Osteria is a painting by the Danish painter Carl Bloch. It was painted in 1866.

One of Bloch's better-known genre scenes, the painting was commissioned by the merchant Moritz G. Melchior, Bloch's friend and major supporter who is included in the background of the painting. He is sitting in an osteria, at a table talking with his friends. The two figures sitting beside him are depicted, the figure turning his back to the viewers is the painter himself.

Bloch was a student of Wilhelm Marstrand and this artwork is similar to Marstrand's Italian Osteria Scene. The Polish-Danish painter Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann also made a version of the scene and there are at least three variations of that painting.

Acquired by the National Gallery of Denmark in 1935, the unframed oil on canvas measures 148.5 by 177.5 centimetres (58.5 by 69.9 in).