Portrait of a gentleman was executed by German female painter, miniaturist and draftsman Augusta von Buttlar (1796 Dresden - 1857 Florence). 

Granddaughter of the poet Johann Adolf Schlegel, niece of the poets August Wilhelm and Friedrich Schlegel, 
whom B. portrayed. First edition from 1810 with Friedrich Matthäi in Dresden. Between 1818 and 1846 stays in Frankfurt am Main, 
Munich, Paris (1822 studies with François Gérard), London, Vienna, Dresden, Florence, Rome and Bonn. Based in Brixen from 1848.
 – Painted, apart from copies, mainly portraits. (Aqu.; oil) in the style of the Romantics and religious influenced by the Nazarenes. 
Topics and devotional images.

WORKS: DRESDEN, Kpst.-Kab.: 3 albums with pencil drawings (total 116 sheets), 1824-44. GÖRLITZ, city. Coll. INNSBRUCK, Tyrolean LM. KREFELD,
 Kaiser Wilhelm Mus. MÜHLBACH b. Brixen (Rio di Pusteria), Stöckl Vater cap.: Heart of Mary image (former curate church ibid.). 
MUNICH, St. Bonifaz Monastery. VIENNA, HM.
SELF TESTIMONIES Something about the old Christian. Art, The Phoenix 1850(30-32); Something about Belgium and its older works of art,
 ibid. (63-66).
EXHIBITIONS: from 1811 Dresden, Academy.

Literature: "General Artist´s Lexicon " by Thieme/Becker and " Dictionary of Austrian artists " by Prof.H.Fuchs (in German); Schidlof I, 1964.

Inscription: signed with monogram and dated 1827 lower right.

Technique: oil on canvas. Original period frame.

Measurements: unframed w 8 1/4 " x h 10 1/3" (21 x 26,5 cm), framed w 14 1/3 " x h 17 " (36,5 x 43 cm).

Condition: in good condition.