Eduard Swoboda (1814 - 1902), father of the orientalist Rudolf Swoboda, was a very renowned Austrian painter of the 19th century. He lived and worked in Vienna. Eduard Swoboda studied at the Vienna Academy under Franz Xavier Petter and Christian Ruben and specialized in portraits of high society , genre and religious paintings including frescoes. He was especially known for genre scenes in the typical Viennese Biedermeier style. Literature: Prof.H.Fuchs, Lexicon of austrian artists, Vienna; Thieme/Becker "Lexicon of artists from antique to contemporary", Leipzig, 1999. Inscription: signed, on the frame - original bronze plaque with the name of artist , on the reverse - old export stamp in hungarian. For other work by this painter see item 1185 on our main site altekunst-vienna. Technique: oil on cardboard. Original period frame. Measurements: unframed w 7 1/6" x h 9 1/4 " (18 x 23,5 cm), framed w 11 " x h 13 " (28 x 33 cm) Condition: in very good condition