Description : Fine romantical painting created by well known german genre and portrait painter Wilhelm August Lebrecht Amberg (1822 -Berlin -1899).

Amberg, Wilhelm (August Lebrecht) was german painter and graphik artist, born 25.2.1822 in Berlin - died 1899 in Berlin He studied in the Art Academy in Berlin under W. Herbig, 1839-42 was assistent by Karl Begas . 1844/45 further training with L Cogniet in Paris; to 1847 Italy stay. since 1869- member of Berlin Akad., since 1886 member of Senat, 1873 Kunstmed. Vienna, 1877 small golden Med. . In the beginning he was active with . mythological. motives and Portr.; since the 60´s became one of most popular genre painters of Berlin, whose paintings with anekdotical, humorous-sentimental kind occasionally sweet colouring came to meet the public taste. Besides love motives he treated frequently scenes from the Rococo time.

Works by W.Amberg are in museums and collections : in Church of Gertraudten, Christus am Ölberg, 1848. – National Gallery Berlin ,Trost in Tönen, 1860; Gretchen am Spinnrad; Gretchen in der Kirche; Märk. Mus.: Portr. – Berlin Mus.: Portr. Wilhelmine Philippsborn, 1850. – Magistrat: Die Alten im Tiergarten ,Promenade im Frühling. – Moabit, Villa Ravéne: Wandmalereien, 1867. BREMEN, Kunsthalle: Dame mit Eichhörnchen. ESSEN, Mus. Folkwang: Dame am Bach, Öl/Lw. LINZ, Wolfgang-Gurlitt-Mus.: nur im Kat. gen. (siehe Lit.) PHILADELPHIA, Mus. of Art: Contemplation, Öl/Lw. POZNAN, Nat.-Mus.: Orgel, um 1860 Öl/Lw. (Inv.-Nr Mo 941); Vorlesung aus Goethes Werther (2. Fassung), 1871 (Inv.-Nr Mo 1393). TRIEST, Civ.Mus. Revoltella, Gall. d´Art Mod.: La curiosa, Öl/Lw. (Inv.-Nr 432). WIESBADEN, Mus.: Ganz vertieft, Öl/Lw., 1875. WUPPERTAL, Von-der-Heydt-Mus.: Damenbildnis, Öl/Lw, 1863/64.

Literature : Thieme/Becker "Lexicon of artists from antique to contemporary", Leipzig, 1999

Inscription: signed with monogramm and dated 1862 lower right, on the reverse two provenance inscriptions in german

Technique: oil on canvas. Beautiful original period gold-plated frame.

Measurements: unframed w 28" x h 20 1/2" (71 x 52 cm), framed w 37 2/3" x h 29 1/2" (95,5 x 75 cm)

Condition: in very good condition