Small but very fine floral work with alpine roses ( in Latin: rhododendron)  was executed in the middle of 19th century by important representative of Viennese Biedermeier Flower School, renown Austrian flower and landscape artist Josef Schuster (1812 Grätz by Troppau - 1890 Vienna). He studied at the Fine Arts Academy in Vienna by J.Mössmer, Sebastian Wegmayr and Franz Xaver Petter. Since 1862 was a member of famous Artist Union "Wiener Künstlerhaus". His flower botanical studies and classical still lifes broken him acknowledge among international collectors.

Literature: Prof.H.Fuchs, Lexicon of austrian artists, Vienna, 1975.

Inscription: unsigned, on the back of original frame - pencil inscription with the artist's name and antique label of a Viennese material and frame producer.

Technique: oil on wood. Gold-plated original period frame.

Measurements:  unframed w 5 1/2" x h 4" (13,8 x10,2 cm), framed w 8 7/8" x h 7 1/2" (22,6 x 19 cm)

Condition: in good condition.