Masterfully portrait of a girl from the high society was executed by Leopold Horovitz (also Lipót Horovitz, also Horowitz; born in 1837 in Rozgony - 1917 in Vienna). He was of Jewish-Hungarian descent born in Rozgony ( Austrian-Hungarian Empire , now Slovakia) and was named as one of the best 19th century Jewish portrait painters. Due to his biography and French inscription on the back of original frame this portrait was executed by him in Paris, where Horovitz spent 8 years from 1860 to 1868.

Here is his biography in Wikipedia:

From 1850 Leopold Horovitz studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under Carl Joseph Geiger and Carl Wurzinger.

After seven years he finished his studies with the 1st degree award.After stays in Berlin, Dresden and Munich, he settled in Paris in 1860, where he stayed until 1868. There he became known as a painter of genre scenes and portraits, especially portraits of children. His pictures showed influences from Rembrandt, later also from Anthony van Dyck. In 1868 he came to Warsaw. He often visited Budapest, Vienna and Berlin to portray noble ladies. In Warsaw he also created images of the life of the Jewish diaspora, such as prayers in a synagogue on the anniversary of the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple.

The portraits of Georg Brandes, Mór Jókai, Princess Sapieha and Prince Zamoyski brought him recognition. In 1891 he was honored with a gold medal at the Berlin exhibition. From 1893 he worked in Vienna.

His grave is in the old Jewish cemetery at the Vienna Central Cemetery.. His daughter was the chemist Stephanie Horowitz.

Works by Leopold Horovitz are in the Austrian National gallery Belvedere, Vienna and in the National Museum in Warshaw, Poland.

Literature: Thieme/Becker "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler.."Leipzig, 1999.

Inscription: signed middle left.

Technique: oil on canvas, painted in oval. luxuriousy original period gold-plated frame.

Measurements: unframed w 21 3/4" x 21 2/3" (68,5 x 55,5 cm); framed w 33 1/4" x h 28" (84,5 x 71 cm).

Condition: in very good condition.