High quality miniature portrait of a young lady (on the reverse of miniature - old inscription with name of sitter: Maria Kastelli) painted  in ca. 1830-s  by well known Austrian portraitist and miniaturist Franz Schrotzberg .

Franz Schrotzberg (1814 Vienna - 1889 Graz) was a pupil of Vienna Academy and from 1832 exhibited his oil portraits and miniatures at the academical exhibitions very soon gaining great popularity as a portraitist among the royals and the high society in Austria and abroad (specially for his female portraits). His works can be seen in the Austrian National Gallery "Belvedere" and other noted museums in Austria and worldwide.

Provenance: Collection of Prof.Dr.E. Ullmann, Vienna

Literature:  Thieme/Becker "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künsler..", Leipzig, 1999;  Prof.H.Fuchs "Austrian Miniature Artists"(in german), Vienna, 1975

Inscription: signed in the middle right on the edge "Schrotzberg pinx ", on the reverse- old inscription with names of painter and sitter.

Technique: gouache on ivory.  Original period  gilt bronze frame. 

Measurements:  unframed w 2 3/4" x h 7 1/8" (6 x 8 cm), framed w  5 2/3" x h 6 1/8" ( 13,5 x 15,5cm).

Condition: in very good condition

Price was reduced from 2500 € to 1500 € !