This great still life was executed in the end of 19th centuryby an Viennese artist in the style and from the circle of world renowed historical painter Hans Makart (1840 Salzburg - 1884 Vienna).Hans Makart was a 19th century Austrian academic history painter, designer, and decorator; most well known for his influence on Gustav Klimt and other Austrian artists, but in his own era considered an important artist himself and was a celebrity figure in the high culture of Vienna, attended with almost cult-liked adulation.

Literature: Thieme/Becker "General Artist Lexicon", Leipzig, 1999; H.Fuchs "Austrian Aritsts of 19 century", Vienna, 1975

Inscription: unsigned.

Technique: oil on canvas, original period wood hand crafted frame.

Measurements: each unframed 37 1/3" x 29 1/2 " (95 x 75), framed w 45 3/4" x h 37 3/4 " (116 x 96 cm)

Condition: in very good condition.