High quality painting with a jockey on horseback was executed in the late 19th century by horse and animal painter Karl Volkers (1860 Duesseldorf - 1944 Fischenich by Cologne) the son of another German horse artist Emil Volkers (1831 - 1905). Karl Volkers studied by his father and at the Munich Academy, worked in Munich.

Literature: Vollmer "Kuenstlerlexikon des 20. Jahrhunderts", Leipzig (in German).

Inscription: signed with monogram K.V. lower right.

Technique: oil on canvas. Original gold-plated frame.

Measurements: unframed w 21 1/8" x h 16" (53,5 x 40,5 cm) , framed w 27 1/2" x h 22 1/2" (70 x 57 cm).

Condition: very good.