The Takovo Uprising
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The Takovo Uprising is the title of two nearly identical oil paintings by the Serbian realist Paja Jovanović. They depict rebel leader Miloš Obrenović inciting his countrymen against the Ottoman Empir
Paja Jovanović, Takovski ustanak
Paja Jovanović, c. 1900
The painting was commissioned by the young King Alexander in 1889
Takovo Meeting
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The Takovo Meeting was the gathering of Serbian leaders held on 23 April 1815 at Takovo, a village near present-day Gornji Milanovac. Two years following the collapse of the First Serbian Uprising, th
The Takovo Uprising
…paintings by the Serbian realist Paja Jovanović. They depict rebel leader Miloš Obrenović inciting his countrymen against the Ottoman Empire, at the Takovo Meeting, and initiating the Second Serbian Uprising. The first version, 160 by 256 centimetres (63 by 101 in), was painted in Paris in 1894 and first exhibited…
Stone from which the start of the Second Serbian Uprising was announced.