High quality portrait of a beautiful nude was executed c. in 1850-1860s and due to the style and original inscription on the back of the stretcher "Krumholz" was attributed to Austrian portrait and genre and landscape painter Ferdinand Krumholz (1810 Hof/Moravia - 1878 Bern/Switzerland). Artist´s biography see in on-line wikipedia.

Literature: Prof. H. Fuchs "Austrian Aritsts of 19 century", Vienna, 1975; artist lexicons by Hans Vollmer; Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker.

Inscription: inscribed "Krumholz" on the back of original stretcher.

Technique: oil on canvas. Luxuriousy original period gold-plated frame.

Measurements: unframed w 35 1/2" x h 19 3/4" (90 x 50 cm), framed w 49 5/8" x h 34 1/4" (126,5 x 87 )

Condition: in good condition, original canvas.