Although unsigned, this very high quality  portrait of a young nobleman is a typical and authentic work of the famous Italo-Austrian portraitist of the turn of the 19th century Johann Baptist Lampi the Elder. 
Comparison with works of this artist convincingly confirms this attribution.

Johann Baptist Lampi the Elder (1751 Romeno, South Tirol - 1830 Vienna) began his studies in Salzburg. After a short period working in his native South Tirol, he went then to Italy, where he worked with the Lorenzi Brothers in Verona, joining the Veronese Academy in 1773. He travelled throughout Italy painting commissioned religious works and portraits for the members of the high aristocracy. Back in Austria in the early 1780´s he found access to the higher circles of society through noble protecteurs. He painted several portraits of emperor Josef II, having joined the Academy of Arts in 1785, where he became Professor for historical painting. Attending an invitation to St. Petersburg he went to Russia to work as court painter, after a period of four years in Poland. Back in Vienna he was dubbed knight in 1798.

Provenanance:  noble Viennese  estate .

Literature:  Prof.H.Fuchs,  Lexicon of Austrian artists, Vienna, 1975. Thieme/Becker "Lexicon of artists from antique to contemporary", Leipzig, 1999

 Inscription:  unsigned , verso - old inscription.

Technique: oil on canvas. Luxuriousy original period  gold-plated  frame.

Measurements:  unframed h 19 3/4" x w  25" (50 x 63,5 cm), framed h 27 3/4" x w 33" (70,5 x 84 cm)

Condition: in very good condition.