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Original design  dedicated to famous song of  of 19 century by world-known Austrian composer Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) and poet Johann Ladislaus Pyrker (1772 -1847). This rare design created by  Carl (Karl) Josef Geiger, very good-listed Austrian painter, born 1822 in Vienna (died there in 1905). Being only 13 years old Geiger was accepted to the Vienna Academy where he was a pupil of Josef von Fuehrich. The artist worked for the government of the city of Vienna and later started to paint allegoric scenes related to Christianity. The Emperor and many members of the aristocracy commissioned him to paint genre scenes illustrating leads of popular composers (Schubert, Mozart, Weber, Haydn, and others). In 1853-1865 Carl Geiger served as Professor of the Art School of the Viena Academy.

Here is the text of this song  in original german language :

Groß ist Jehova, der Herr! Denn Himmel
Und Erde verkünden seine Macht.
Du hörst sie im brausenden Sturm,
In des Waldstroms laut aufrauschendem Ruf.

Groß ist Jehova, der Herr! Groß ist seine Macht!
Du hörst sie im grünenden Waldes Gesäusel;
Siehst sie in wogender Saaten Gold,
In lieblicher Blumen glühendem Schmelz,
Im Glanz des [stern´erhelleten]¹ Himmels!

Furchtbar tönt sie im Donnergeroll
Und flammt in des Blitzes schnell hinzuckendem Flug.
Doch kündet das pochende Herz dir fühlbarer noch
Jehovas Macht, des ewigen Gottes,
Blickst du flehend empor und [hoff´st von ihm]² Huld und Erbarmen.
Groß ist Jehova, der Herr! Groß ist Jehova, der Herr!

Inscription: signed and dated Karl Geiger 1905, lower left , under image titled in german : Franz Schubert , "Die Allmacht"  and quotation from poem by Pyrker .

Technique: watercolour on paper. Original period gilt frame.

Measurements: image w 113/4" x h 16 1/5"  (30 x 41 cm); matted and framed w 18 1/3" x h 23 2/3" (46.5 x 60 cm)

Condition: in  good condition