Lovely cats painting by good listed Hungarian genre and animal painter Gabrielle (Gabriella) Rainer-Istvanffy, she was born 1877 in Budapest, Hungary. The artist´s speciality was pets, whom she painted with great devotion.

Literature: (in German) Thieme/Becker "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künsler.." ;"(in Hungarian) Dr.Szabo-Kalai " Lexicon of Hungarian Artists", Budapest, 1997; Saur AKL (allgemeines Künstlerlexikon).

Inscription: signed lower left.

Technique: oil on canvas. Original period frame.

Measurements: unframed w 31 2/3" x h 23 3/4" ( 80,5 x 60,5 cm), framed w 38 1/3" x h 30 1/2" (97,5 x 77,5 cm)

Condition: in good condition.