707 - Gustav Albert Traeger, portraits of a man and a woman, an oil painting from 1833 and a mixed-media work from around 1830-40, both in 19th-century gilded stucco frames.

Gustav Albert Traeger, portraits of a man and a woman, an oil painting from 1833 and a mixed-media work from around 1830-40, both in 19th-century gilded stucco frames. Gustav Albert Traeger, 1792 Naumburg (Saale) - ?, German Biedermeier portrait painter, here: Portrait of a younger man, according to an old inscription on the reverse a descendant of Dr Martin Luther, oil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm, signed, inscribed and dated on the reverse “Albert Traeger pinxit, Naumburg 1833”, in a gilded stucco frame & portrait of a distinguished elderly lady wearing an elaborate ruffled bonnet over a dark dress, watercolour with pastel, 58 x 46 cm, under glass in a gilded stucco frameAbout the artist: Gustav Albert Traeger was accepted at the renowned Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden and began his studies there in 1808.