Lot 6419
Prof. Robert Streit – Portrait of an austrian Colonel and Regimental Commander of the Imperial and Royal (k.u.k.) Infantry
Orders and Military Collectibles until 1918 | A109m | Live auction | 1500 Lots
Description
Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait in the uniform of the Austro-Hungarian Infantry Regiment No. 61 "Ritter v. Frank" (grass-green facing color, yellow buttons)—a regiment commanded by Colonel Franz Ritter Weiss v. Mainprugg from 1912 to 1914. Family coat of arms upper left. Signed lower right. In a contemporary wooden gilded frame. Dimensions of painting 81 x 52.5 cm, dimensions of frame 85.5 x 56.5 cm. Prof. Robert Streit (185 - 1957), portraitist and landscape painter, active in Vienna. A member of the Künstlerhaus from 1948, appointed Professor in 1949. According to tradition, this is a portrait of Franz Ritter Weiß-Tihanyi von Mainprugg (1860 - 1951), whose highest known rank was, however, Feldmarschallleutnant.Condition: II Questions about the lot?
