Masterfully animalistic painting was executed in the late 19th century and despite the absence of signature but due to the fully identical style, subject and time of creation was attributed to the hand of famous Hungarian animals painter and graphic artist Geza Vastagh (1866 - 1919).

After his school education in Hungary, Géza Vastagh (1866-1919) went to Munich. There he studied under Simon Hollósy and attended the Academy of Arts as a student of Gabriel von Hackl. In 1888, he returned to Budapest.

In 1889, he made a study trip to France. A year later, he sojourned in Algeria and Tunisia, devoting himself to the depiction of lions for the first time. Around the turn of the century, he traveled to Hamburg, Leipzig and Berlin and created depictions of animals at the zoo. 1910 was followed by a stay in the Tatras.

Today, works of Vastagh are in the Hungarian National Gallery and the Museum of Hungarian Agriculture in Budapest, and in renowned private collections and galleries around the world.

Literature: (in German) Thieme/Becker "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künsler.." , Nagy "Lexicon of Hungarian artists "(in Hungarian).

Inscription: unsigned, on the back of the frame - remains of a label in English with the title and name of the artist.

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

Measurements: unframed w 29 3/4" x h 20 1/8" (76 x 51 cm), framed w 37 1/3" x h 27 1/8" (95 x 69 cm).

Condition: in very good condition.