Despite the lack of a signature, this portrait of Austrian composer Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) is a typical work by listed Austrian painter and illustrator Rudolf Pöpl ( 1861 - after 1914), who was popular with portrait of composers on the turn of 20th century. 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: unsigned.

Technique:  oil on canvas, laid down on cardboard. Original period gilt frame.

Measurements: unframed w 7 1/2" x h 9" (19 x 23 cm), framed w 12 3/8" x h 14" (31,5 x 35,5 cm).

Condition: in fairly good condition, original canvas  is crackled.