Great still life with flowers and fruits was executed by famous German-Austrian painter of Biedermeier Epoch Johann Georg Seitz (1810 Nuremberg - 1870 Vienna).Georg Seitz studied at the Vienna Academy.The artistic work (mostly oil paintings on canvas) is characterized by still life with flowers or fruits.

We purchased this work   from the private collection in Vienna. The previous owner purchased it in the sale of Christies London on 15.11.2006 ( see our first additional photo). Additionally a few very similar still lifes by G.Setz were sold in diffent auctions : two paintings in Vienna Dorotheum, each for 4250 € (sale on 13.03.2013) and in Munich auctionhouse Neumeister for 5500 € (hammer price) on 30.06.2010. for this works see our additional photos No.2-4). The biography of the artist with few images of his still life´s you can find also in the on-line Wikipedia under following link:

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Georg_Seitz

Literature: Constantin von Wurzbach: Seitz, Georg. In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. 34. Theil. Kaiserlich-königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien 1877, S. 34 (Digitalisat).Johann Georg Seitz. In: Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker u. a.: Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Band XXX, E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1936, S. 469.

Inscription: signed lower right.

Technique: oil on canvas, original period gilt frame.

Measurements: unframed w 20 3/4" x h 26" (52,5 x 66 cm), framed w 26 1/3" x h 31 3/4" (67 x 80,5 cm).

Condition: very good.