Romanticism nude painting executed in 1851 by good listed Austrian genre and portrait painter Eduard Klieber (1803 - Vienna - 1879). Son of sculptor and painter Josef Klieber, since 1815 studied at the Viennese Art Academy , exhibited here in 1852 with paintings " Heimat österreichischer Waldbauersleute" and " Die Taufe". He was member of different Austrian artist unions.

Literature: Lexicon of Austrian artist by Prof. Heinrich Fuchs, Vienna 1974, (19.Jh.) II; Thieme/Becker, Leipzig,1999,ThB XX, 1927, 494

Inscription: signed and dated (1)851 lower left.

Technique: oil on canvas, original period gold frame.

Measurements: unframed w 21 7/8" x h 16 1/3" ( 55,5 x 41,5 cm), framed w 27 1/3" x h 22 1/4" (69,5 x 56,5 cm).

Condition: in very good condition.