This panoramic view of old Vienna with cathedral Stephansdom on the foreground was created in early 1930s by listed Austrian landscape and portrait artist Max (Maximilian Friedrich) Pistorius (1894 - Vienna - 1960).Since 1927 he formed himself autodidactically as a painter. He has portraits in the Rector´s Gallery of the Technical University in Vienna and an altar painting "The Holy Theresa on the Deathbed" from 1936, in the church in Vienna´s 16th district. His landscapes and Vienna views situated in Historical Museum of Vienna and Province Museum in Linz. He created a gallery of famous austrian surgeons for Honor Hall of Chicago University .

Literature: Prof.H.Fuchs " Die Österreichischen Maler", Vienna, 1975.

Inscription: signed lower left.Technique: oil on canvas. Original period frame.

Measurements: unframe w 25 2/3" x h 31 1/2" (65 x 80 cm); framed w 28 1/2" x h 34 1/2" (72,5 x 87,5 cm)

Condition: in very good condition