Fight Over A Hunting Trophy By Ferdinand Küss (austrian 1800-1886)

Unusual hunting scene: fight over a hunting trophy between an eagle and a fox, painted in 1880 by the famous Austrian painter Ferdinand Kuss (Kuess).
Born in 1800 in Vienna, he died in 1886 in Pörtschach, Carinthia. The artist, whose works are part of the most prestigious collection, including the Prince Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Sebastian Wegmayr. He worked in Vienna, where he was a member of the artists' union "Kuenstlerhaus", where he exhibited his meticulously painted still lifes of flowers and fruit.

Literature: Dictionary of 19th-Century Austrian Painters by Dr. H. Fuchs, Vienna 1972; Thieme/Becker "Lexicon of Artists from Antiquity to the Contemporary Era", Leipzig, 1999

Inscription: Signed and dated 1880 lower right.Technique: Oil on canvas. Original period gilt frame.

Dimensions: Unframed: W 101 x H 132.2 cm, Framed: W 126 x H 160 cm

Condition: In good condition, original canvas.