Lovely portrait of a young girl in white dress was executed in 1871 by Austrian portrait, genre and landscape painter Alois Stoff ( Born 1846 Korneuburg by Vienna). Studied at the Viennese Fine Art Academy under Carl Mayer. Worked in Krems and Vienna.

Literature: Artist lexicons by Thieme/Becker , Leipzig, 1999; by Prof. H.Fuchs, Vienna, 1975.

Inscription: signed and dated 1871 lower right.

Technique: Oil on canvas. Original period gold-plated frame.

Measurements: oval image w 13" x 16 1/3"(33 x 41,5 cm); unframed w 14 1/3" x h 17 7/8" (36,5 x 45,5 cm), framed w 24" x h 27 1/8" (61 x 69 cm).

Condition: in good condition.