795 - Probably Julius Schmid, "Gläubige", seven kneeling monks in habits with hoods, figure study

Probably Julius Schmid, "Gläubige", seven kneeling monks in habits with hoods, figure study Pen and ink over pencil on paper, unsigned, mounted on backing, lower right collector's stamp "Sammlung B. Moser" (Lugt 1828a), lower right numbered in pencil "146 1/2", lower left "(146) 1/2", verso inscribed by another hand "Julius Schmid", "1854 – 1935" and "N. 164.", probably Julius Schmid (1854 Vienna – 1935 Mödling), group of seven kneeling monks in habits with hoods and rope girdles, turned to the left, partly with lowered heads and folded hands, the monk on the right deeply bowed, condition commensurate with age, foxing, verso residues of adhesive on the backing, image 9x17 cm (HxW), overall 14.5x19 cm (HxW) Julius Schmid, to whom the drawing is attributed on the reverse, studied for seven years at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts under August Eisenmenger and for a time under Hans Makart, won the Rome Prize in 1878 and then worked in Rome for two years. He painted history pictures, portraits and figure scenes; his best-known work is the "Schubert-Abend in einem Wiener Bürgerhause" (Schubertiade) of 1897, and his portrait of Beethoven appeared in 1927 as the cover of the Radio Times. The round collector's stamp belongs to Benedikt Moser, known as Benno Moser (1898 Sulzbach am Inn – 1988 Vienna), an art dealer in Vienna who ran an art and antiques shop in the Meiselstraße together with Johann Kühn; his stamp is recorded on drawings and prints.