Vuk Karadžić

Aksentije Marodić (1838-1909) was one of the first academic painters from Vojvodina. He made a portrait of Vuk Karadzic immediately after arriving in Vienna when he enrolled the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. He was close to Vuk's family as they cooperated on the Serbian cultural and educational planes. Marodić painted Vuk in his older age very faithfully, with characteristic features in the form of mustaches and tarboosh. Considering Vuk's age and health a year receding his death, and knowing that the painter was a distinct copyist, the conclusion is that he used photography as a template for working on the painting.