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Artist:     Josef Weidner (Austrian, 1801-1871), attr.
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Item ID   4544
Price:     5000.00 €
   

   
 

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This is a pair to the item No. 4543.

This Biedermeier portrait of two children was executed in the middle of 19th century and depicts, due to the memory inscription on the back of the stretcher, two dauthers Malvine and Clementine of famous Austrian-Czech suger manufacturer and polician Clemens Bachofen von Echt and his wife Malwine, born Richter. As it's known from the wikipedia about his life, he and his wife had 5 children: 3 dauthers and 2 sons, one of them the author depicted on the painting item no. 4543.

Both portraits are unsigned, but due to the very close stilistic similarities and comparison with other portraits (see our works by the same author Item No.253 and 854 ) we attributed them to the hand of the representative of Vienna portrait art in the middle Of 19th century Josef Weidner (1801 - Vienna - 1870). Since 1815 he studied at the Vienna Academy. His art was developed under the influence of Friedrich Amerling, Carl Rahl and his brother-in-law Ferdinand Georg Waldmueller. From 1826 to 1847 Weidner exibited his works by Academy Exibition of St. Anna and in 1857 - 1868 - by Exibition of Austrian art union and in 1836 in the Berlin Academy. His works (portraits of Austrian and Czech nobility) represent in museums of Brno, Klausenberg, "Belvedere" in Vienna.

Literature: Thieme-Becker "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler"; Nagler "Künstler Lexikon"; H.Fuchs "Die Osterreichischen Maler".

Inscription: unsigned, on the back of the stretcher - old memory inscriptions with names of the sitters.

Technique: oil on canvas. Luxuriousy original Biedermeier gilt frame.

Measurements: unframed w 23" x h 29" (58,5 x 73,5 cm); framed w 30 1/4" x h 35 3/4" (77 x 91 cm)

Condition: in very good condition due to the age.