Masterfully portrait  miniature of an Austrian nobleman was executed in 1841  by Johann Michael Sattler ( 1786 Neuberg near Herzogenburg, Lower Austria - 1847 Mattsee, province of Salzburg). Sattler was an Austrian portrait, miniature  and landscape painter of the first half of 19th century and creator of the well-known Sattler's Salzburg -Panorama ( now in Panorama Museum Salzburg). Studied at the Fine Art Academy in Vienna under Hubert Mauerer. Since 1819 lived and worked in Salzburg. Painted portrait of Kaiser Franz I in 1824. 1829-1839 - travelled to Europe.

Full artist's biography see under following link from German Wikipedia:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Michael_Sattler

Literature: lexicons by Prof.H.Fuchs; Thieme/Becker; monography ”Minatures of Albertina in Vienna ” (in German) by Nira Keil, Schroll publisher, 1977.

Inscription: signed and dated (18)41, lower right.

Technique: gouache on parchment or paper (never open); framed in original period:  outer frame covered in velvet, inner frame in gilded bronze.

Measurements: only image w x h (9,5 x 12,5 cm), framed w x h (13 x 16 cm).

Condition: very good.