Portrait of world-renowned Austrian composer Franz Schubert (1797-1828) was executed by listed Austrian painter and illustrator Rudolf Pöpl ( 1861 - after 1914). He studied at the Fine Arts Academy , lived and worked in Vienna in the late 19th/ early 20th centuries.

Literature: all in German: Prof. H.Fuchs "Die Österreichische Maler des 19 und 20 Jahrhunderts", Vienna,  III, 1973; ThB XXVII, 1933, 181 .

Inscription: signed lower left.

Technique:  oil on canvas. Original period frame.

Measurements: unframed w 18 7/8" x h 24 3/4" (48 x 63 cm), framed w 25 1/2" x h 31 7/8" (65 x 81 cm)

Condition: in very good condition.