Lovely genre scene with two putties as love. Purple was executed by good-list d Austrian painter Franz Leffler (1831 Landenbruck/Bohemia - 1898 Weissenbach an der Triesting/Austria). After his studies at the Academies of Fine Arts in Vienna and Praque, he settled in Vienna in 1858. He mainly painted allegories, portraits of children, genre and history paintings, ceiling and wall murals, and theater curtains. He spent his summers in Weißenbach an der Triesting with his friend Camillo Walzer, director of the Theater an der Wien, where he painted murals and frescoes on the walls of the local hotels and villas. Many of his paintings show an attempt to combine the influences of Ancient Egyptian Art and Style of Makart. He was especially interested in the subject of children in pictorial representation, and often painted socially critical themes. His son Heinrich was also a painter, as well as a scenic designer and Professor at the Academy in Vienna. Literature: Thieme/Becker "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart" and " Dictionary of Austrian artists " by Prof.H.Fuchs; in on-line: Wikipedia and from "Österr.Biograph.Lexicon" (all in German). Inscription: signed lower right. Technique: oil on canvas. Original period gilt frame. Measurements: unframed w 12 2/3" x h 18 1/2" (32 x 47 cm), framed w 19 1/8" x h 25 1/8" (48,5 x 64 cm) Condition: in very good condition.