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Photographic reproduction of a painted portrait of Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer. Grillparzer (1791-1872) was an Austrian author, considered to be the leading Austrian dramatist of the 19th century. His plays were and are frequently performed at the famous Burgtheater in Vienna. He also wrote the oration for Ludwig van Beethoven's funeral, as well as the epitaph for his friend Franz Schubert (source: Wikipedia).
Albumen print on thick card, cabinet card, size 171 x 113 mm., photograph size 130 x 98 mm. Photograph by Friedrich Bruckmann, after the painting by Eugen Felix. Published by Friedrich Bruckmann's Verlag (Munich, Berlin & London), c. 1880.
Friedrich Bruckmann (1814-1898) was a German publisher and photographer who specialized in artistic photography.
Eugen Felix (1836-1906) was an Austrian painter. He started his studies with Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller and continued in Paris with Léon Cogniet. Felix is particularly well known for his portraits, but he also painted mythological and historical scenes.
In good condition, a small crease in the lower left of the photograph. Scattered silvery spots (the natural aging of this photographic medium).
