Ethnographic painting executed in 1900s by good listed Austrian painter and illustrator Karl Jobst (1835-1907) and depicting folk scene before the church of famous monastery Sucravitza in Bucovina. Bucovina is historical region currently divided between Romania and Ukraine, located on the northern slopes of the northeastern carpathian Mountains and the adjoining plains.

Literature: Thieme/Becker "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart"; Prof.H.Fuchs "Austrian Painters ", Vienna, 1975;

Inscription: signed lower right.

Technique: gouache on paper. Original period gilt frame.

Measurements: unframed w 17 " x h 23 1/2 " (44 x 60 cm); framed w 21 " x h 25 1/2" (53 x 65 cm)

Condition: in very good condition