ANTIQUE EMPRESS PORTRAIT AFTER FRANZ SCHROTZBERG
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An antique miniature oval gouache painting on natural material plate, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, after the original oil painting by Franz Schrotzberg, Austrian, 1811 to 1889. Signed to the center right. Circa: late 19th century. Framed. Franz Schrotzberg was an Austrian portrait painter. From 1825 to 1831, he was a student at the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1832, he first exhibited some portraits and mythological scenes.In 1903 the art critic, Ludwig Hevesi wrote that he was silky smooth, as well as a mild gelinder Viennese version of Franz Xaver Winterhalter, and had the luck to make his career by painting a youthful Empress Elizabeth. His paintings of the Habsburgs and other members of the nobility were often reproduced as lithographs by Josef Kriehuber, August Prinzhofer, Adolf Dauthage and Franz Eybl, among others. One of a kind artwork.
Dimensions: Size: Frame 4 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. Image 2 1/2 x 2 in. All measurements are approximate.
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