Bidspirit auction | Franz Michael Veith

Franz Michael Veith - Franz Michael Veith, Portrait of a Girl. 1832.. Franz Michael Veith 1799 Augsburg – 1846 Munich Oil on canvas. Monogrammed and dated ”MV 32” lower left, ligated. In a Biedermeier cassette frame with grotesque ornament, metal leaf overlay. Frame verso with the paper label of the frame factory and art dealership Franz Bessler, Augsburg. For the monogram, cf. Paul Pfisterer (ed.): Monogram Lexikon 2 – International directory of monograms of visual artists of the 19th and 20th centuries, Berlin/New York 1995, no. 231 and 232. Paint layer with slight craquelure, with losses at the canvas edges. Retouches at the edge. Frame slightly rubbed, soiled and bumped, miter joint open. Dimensions: 29 x 25.5 cm, frame 51 x 46.5 cm. Franz Michael Veith 1799 Augsburg – 1846 Munich Initially Royal Art School Augsburg, from 1820 Royal Academy of Arts Munich. 1820–25 trip to Italy. From 1825 professor at the Augsburg Art School.