Eduard Swoboda (austrian, 1814 - 1902). Portrait Of A Young Woman

Eduard Swoboda (1814 - 1902), father of the orientalist Rudolf Swoboda, was a very famous Austrian painter of the 19th century. He lived and worked in Vienna. Eduard Swoboda studied at the Academy of Vienna under Franz Xavier Petter and Christian Ruben and specialized in high society portraits, genre and religious paintings, including frescoes. He was best known for his genre scenes in the typical Viennese Biedermeier style.

Literature: Prof. H. Fuchs, Lexicon of Austrian artists, Vienna; Thieme / Becker "Lexicon of artists from ancient to contemporary", Leipzig, 1999. Inscription: signed, on the frame - original bronze plaque with the artist's name, on the back - old export stamp in Hungarian. For other works by this painter, see article n ° 1185.
Technique: oil on cardboard. Original period frame.
Dimensions: unframed 18 x 23.5 cm, framed 28 x 33 cm.
Condition: in very good condition