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Painting: Der junge Schubert

beginning of the 19th century, Artist: Josef Abel

 

 

Der junge Schubert

This oil painting is unsigned and undated. Recent stylistic examination and a dimensional analysis based on the form of Schubert’s face indicate with a probability that borders on certainty that it is a picture of the young Franz Schubert (born 1797). The portrait shows a young man in a thoughtful pose. The axis of the figure is diagonally aligned. The position of arms and head can be seen as a visual expression of the figure’s thoughts. The vague shape of a square piano suggests that the figure is a musician. Unfortunately, both the traces of a signature and the music on the stand are not readable. The ornamental artefacts adorning the left hip of the young artist - a trinket or signet probably attached to the watch chain - can be considered as fashionable attributes. (rh)

Lit.: Rudolf Hopfner: Masterpieces from the Collection of Historic Musical Instruments. A Short Guide through the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Vol. 1, Vienna 2019

Currently not displayed.

Object data

Object Name

Painting

Culture

Austria (?)

Dated

beginning of the 19th century

Artist

Josef Abel (1764 Aschach / Oberösterreich - 1818 Wien) - GND

Material

oil on canvas

Dimensions Cover size is a museum or exhibition-specific information. It does not specify the real dimensions of the musical instrument.

833 mm x 700 mm

Image rights

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente

Inv. No.

Sammlung alter Musikinstrumente, 847

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