Very fine portrait of a young beauty was executed by Hungarian-Austrian portrait, genre and still life painter Ernö Seitz (Seiz), born in Pest 1815, died in Graz 1870. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and settled in Pest in the 1830s-1860s. Paintedportraits, church and still life's pictures. In 1834 and 1842 ,  he presented his works in Pest. In 1863, he appeared with his oil work Maria and Marta at the exhibition of the Pest Society. For some time he worked as a drawing teacher in Pest.

Literature: artist lexicons ( in German) Fuchs, Maler (19.Jh.)  Maler (19.Jh.) Erg.-Bd II, 1979; in Hungarian:  Magy Fest Adat, 1988 ; Dr. Szabó-Kállai, Lexicon of Hungarian artists.

Inscription: signed and dated 1841 lower right.

Technique:  oil on canvas.  Original period frame.

Measurements: unframed w 11 1/3 " x h 14" (29 x 35,5cm), framed w 16 1/8" x h 19 1/2" (41 x 49,5 cm)

Condition: in  good condition, canvas relined.