| Italian Osteria Scene, Girl welcoming a Person entering | |
| Other Language 1: | Danish |
| Other Title 1: | Italiensk osteriscene. Pige, der byder den indtrædende velkommen |
| Artist: | Wilhelm Marstrand |
| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Height Metric: | 123 |
| Width Metric: | 165 |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| City: | København |
| Museum: | Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek |
Italian Osteria Scene, Girl welcoming a Person entering (Danish: Italiensk osteriscene. Pige, der byder den indtrædende velkommen) is an 1847 oil on canvas painting by Wilhelm Marstrand, now in the collection of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen. The painting served as inspiration for Carl Bloch's In a Roman Osteria (1866, Danish National Gallery).
Marstrand arrived in Rome in 1836 and stayed until 1840. In 184549. he returned to Italy.[1] He painted the Italian osteria scene in 1847. The painting was acquired by Jacob Scavenius. On 14 December 1894, it was sold as part of an auction of Scavenius' estate. The buyer was Carl Jacobsen and the painting was subsequently included in the collection of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.[2]
The painting depicts two young Italian women and their sleeping chaperone mother seated at a table in an osteria. One of the girls is raising her glass and making eye contact to welcome another person entering the restaurant. Her sister has her back turned at the viewer but is looking across her left shoulder to see who is entering and is also making eye contact with the viewer.
Carl Bloch's In a Roman Osteria was painted with direct inspiration from Marstrand's painting. Moritz G. Melchior, who had commissioned the work, had specifically requested a painting similar to that of Marstrand's Italian osteria scene. Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann has also painted an osteria scene with inspiration from that of Marstrand's painting.