This portrait of a hunter with his dachshund was created by good-listed Austrian portrait and genre artist Julius Josef Pollak (1845-1920). He studied in Vienna Academy under Eduard von Egerth. In 1872 he became a member of Vienna Artists Unit and frequently exhibited his works there.

Literature: Dictionary of Austrian Painters of the 19th Century by Dr.H.Fuchs, Vienna 1972.

Inscription: signed with proven artist´s pseudonym Polwin and dated 1906, lower right.

Technique: oil on canvas. Original period salon style gilt frame.

Measurements: unframed w 15" x h 18 1/2" (38 x 47 cm), framed w 21 1/4" x h 25 1/4" (56,5 x 64 cm)

Condition: in very good condition