"Two Family Portraits By Johann Baptist Von Lampi The Younger (1775-1837), Attributed"
Two portraits of a noble married couple were executed at the beginning of the 19th century and, although unsigned, are very similar and have all the criteria for attribution to the famous Austrian portrait painter Johann Baptist von Lampi the Younger (1775 Trento - 1837 Vienna ).He was born in Trento and studied under his father, Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder, and later at the Academy in Vienna. He went with his father for thirteen years to St. Petersburg, and became a member of the Academy of that city as well as that of Vienna in 1813. He painted many of the most distinguished figures of his time. He died in Vienna.
Provenance: domain of the Austrian castle in Upper Austria.
Literature: Thieme / Becker "Allgemeines künstlerlexikon", Leipzig, 1999.
Inscription: unsigned, on the reverse of the two indistinctly legend on the guards in Old German.
Technique: both oil on canvas. Luxuriously original period golden frames.
Dimensions: portrait of a lady: unframed 62 x 77 cm, framed 79 x 94 cm, portrait of a gentleman. unframed 62 x 79 cm, framed 76 x 93 cm.
Condition: in very good condition.