Josef Kriehuber (attributed) "Field Marshal Baron von Heß" / Portrait of a gentleman. 1850s. Josef Kriehuber1801 Vienna - 1876 ibid. Pencil drawings. Unsigned. "Field Marshal" with remains of a signature on the right lower side. Each mounted on backing paper as well as in the passepartout, there inscribed by old collector's hand. "Field Marshal Baron von Hess" probably a study for the lithograph "Heinrich Baron von Hess", standing in uniform in three-quarter view to the right, published in Vienna by Stoufs in 1854. Sheets minimally yellowed. Dimensions: 11 x 8 cm, Psp. 45 x 34 cm. Josef Kriehuber 1801 Vienna - 1876 ibid.

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