Museum quality portrait of a young gentleman with a landscape on the background was executed in the early 19th century and due to the all stilistic criteria was attributed to the hand of best Austrian and one of the best in Europe portrait and miniature painter Moritz Michael Daffinger (1790 - Vienna - 1849) . Daffinger was a pupil of Heinrich Friedrich Fueger. His specialty was painting on china. Since 1809 he worked only om portraits and specialised in painting on ivory. Since 1812 he worked as portrait painter by Count Metternich , since 1836 became the Main Master of the portrait collection of Countess Melanie von Metternich. Later, he was influenced by the English portrait painter Thomas Lawrence, who was in Vienna in 1815 for the Conress of Vienna. Daffinger´s more than a thousand portraits were mostly owned by the Austrian imperial house. His portrait was on the obverse of the Austrian imperial house.

Literature: Thieme/Becker "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart"; H.Fuchs "Austrian painters of 19th century", Vienna, 1975.

Inscription: unsigned .

Technique: oli on wood. Gold-plated frame of 19th century.

Measurements: image w 9 " x 11 " (23 x 28 cm); matted and framed 16 1/3 " x 18 1/3" (41,5 x 46,5 cm).

Condition: in good original condition.