PORTRAIT OF A MAN WITH A DOG, 1837
Oil, board, 31.5 x 25.5 cm
Signed in lower left corner: Mansfeld August. 1837
Inscription on the back: Mansfeld August. Heinrich / Geb. 13 Märs 18 /... Schüler der Wien / u Nach Dresden / thätig in Wien and below: ...in ihrs "Die enttäus.... ? 1859. / In Wiener Aus .../ Das erste Mimosen / est in Dresden....
August MANSFELD
1816 Vienna - 1901 Vienna
Austrian painter, specialized in genre scenes and portraits; H.Fuchs also mentions landscapes by him (cf. H.Fuchs, Die Österreichischen Maler des 19. Jarhunderts, vol. III, Wien 1973, pp. K 37, 89-91). He was active in Vienna and Dresden Academy circles. This portrait represents the type of Biedermeier bourgeois portraiture formed in Austria and Germany in the second and third decades of the 19th century. Excellent drawing, delicately and smoothly laid texture, thoughtful choice of colors make this work a very interesting and high artistic value example of portrait painting .
