This young gentleman depicts the époque of the young aristocracy of the late 18th - early 19th century. The artist perfectly conveyed that youthful age when gentle childish features can still be seen on the face of a young man already growing up. Despite his slightly haughty expression on his face, a sincere inquiring look is perfectly visible... Unsigned portrait wasn’t studied well yet but according to primary assumptions it is possible - Josef Grassi (22 April 1757 – 7 January 1838). Painting on canvas.
Size app.: 76 x 63 cm (roughly 29.5 x 25 in). Pretty poor condition, needs retouches and conservation, numerous paint losses, flickering. Please study good resolution images for precisecosmetic condition. In person actual painting may appear darker or brighter than in our pictures, strictly depending on sufficient light in your environment. Weight of app. 3 kg is going to measure some 5 kg involume packed for shipment.
ATTENTION! Only canvas on a stretcher is sold! The frame is a gift (so frame in our listing have no value and is not covered by any warranty upon delivery). Please be aware of it and bid accordingly! But you can rest assured that no matter what, we will still try our best when packing item. If you want painting with a frame, the shipping cost will increase - this should be agreed prior payment. Size in frame ca: solid andheavy frame is 98 x 85 (roughly 38.6 x 33,5 in).
Josef Grassi (22 April 1757 – 7 January 1838) was an Austrian portrait and history painter. Josef Grassiwas born in Vienna, the younger brother of sculptor and porcelain modeller Anton Grassi. Their father, Ottilio, was a goldsmith from Udine. Josef studiedat the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. He felt that he was being unfairly treated there so, when he lost a competition for a travel scholarship to Heinrich Friedrich Füger, he took the advice of some friends who were Polish nationalists and moved to Warsaw. There, he became a teacher of Teresa Jabtonowska (a descendant of Stanistaw Jan Jabtonowski) and established himselfas a successful portrait painter. When the Kosciuszko Uprising broke out in1794, he was able to leave the battle zone through the mediation of Kosciuszko, whose portrait he had painted. In 1799, he wasappointed a Professor at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. He took two leavesof absence while there; one to Gotha in 1804, where he decorated a bedroom for Duke Augustus and, from 1808 to 1810 to Rome as a member of the Accademia di San Luca. From 1816 to 1821, he was in Rome again, serving as the "Director of Studies for Saxon Artists in Italy". At that time, however, the Nazarene movement came into vogue and his work was ignored, so hereturned to Dresden. He received the Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Saxony from King Frederick Augustus. Grassi is bestknown for his sensitive portraits of women. In his later years, his style became less graceful and settled into a form of academic classicism. He died in Dresden, aged 80.
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