Very fine portrait of a young lady  was executed by renowned Austrian portrait painter Leopold Fertbauer (1802 - Vienna - 1875). Leopold Fertbauer, the son of the great watchmaker Philipp Fertbauer, he studied 1816-1828 at the Academy of Fine Arts (first exhibition 1822), painted history pictures, solo and group portraits (works in the Historical Museum of the City of Vienna); Worked as a princely Liechtensteinscher Gallery-Directorate-adjunct. His paintings are in Viennain the Belvedere museum and Lichtenstein collection. 

Literature: Austrian Artist's Lexicon by H.Fuchs; Gerbert Frodl: Wiener Malerei der Biedermeierzeit. Rosenheim: A. Förg 1987 (Rosenheimer Raritäten), S. 248

Inscription: signed lower right.

Technique: oil on wood panel. Original period gilt frame.

Measurements: unframed w 9 1/8" x h 11 1/2" (20,5 x 26 cm), framed w 15" x h 17" (27 x 32,5 cm).

Condition: in very good condition.