(Click to Enlarge)
Oil on Canvas
29 1/8 x 23 1/4 inches
36 7/8 x 31 1/2 inches framed
Signed Albert Theer Wien 1847 lower right
Label on verso of frame in Austrian
Craquelure and minor loss
Albert Theer (1815 Johannisberg – 1902 Vienna) was a member of a famous Viennese artist family. He was the younger brother of Robert and Adolf Theer and came to Vienna together with his brothers in 1820 to be a pupil of the Academy. He painted miniature portraits in watercolor and oils and worked as a lithographer. Albert Theer exhibited at the Vienna Academy from 1835 to 1848.