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Male Portrait

Joseph Sonntag

Basic information

ID: Г-III-68
Author: Joseph Sonntag
Name: Male Portrait
Date of creation: 1819
Technique: painting
Material: ivory gouache
Dimensions: 6 x 5 cm (height x width)

Additionally

Type: graphic art
Genre: portraiture
Provenance: Collection of Lviv City Gallery

Information about author

Author: Joseph Sonntag
Artist's lifetime: 1786–1834
Biography: Joseph Sonntag was born in Dresden in 1784. He was a miniaturist, portrait and oil landscape painter, and lithographer. Between 1805 and 1815, the artist worked in Vienna. Later, he lived in Warsaw for some time, and in 1825, he settled permanently in Krakow, where he became a drawing teacher at St. Barbara's Lyceum. He died in Krakow in 1834. Sonntag signed his works with his name, often accompanied by the date.

Object description

Against the backdrop of a cloudy sky is a bust-length portrait of a man facing three-quarters to the right. His gaze is directed towards the viewer. He has reddish, curly hair and short sideburns. He is dressed in a dark jacket, a white shirt, and a white bowtie.

Inscriptions

At the bottom right is the artist's signature: J. Sonntag 1819

Legal regulation

Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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