Add to ORKGFull-length portrait of a man in town attire, wearing a cap and holding a walking cane in his left hand. He is sitting on the armrest of a carved chair and resting his head on his right hand, while his right elbow is, in turn, resting on a carved column. In the background a curtain is partially covering a painted canvas backdrop depicting a park.Anastas Jovanović (1817, Vraca – 1899, Belgrade) has been praised as the "pioneer of Serbian photography". He was born one of three children to merchant Jovan (? – 1831) and Marija Jovanović (~1795–1879, Belgrade). He studied painting, graphics, and lithography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and was funded by the Serbian government under Miloš Obrenović I, Prince of Serbia. After graduating f...