Portrait of a Man in a Green Full Dress Uniform

Alojzy Reichan

Basic information

ID: Ж-4145
Author: Alojzy Reichan
Name: Portrait of a Man in a Green Full Dress Uniform
Country: Austrian Empire
Technique: oil painting
Material: canvas oil
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 70 x 56

Additionally

Type: painting
Genre: portraiture
Plot: Portrait
Provenance: Purchased from a private individual

Information about author

Author: Alojzy Reichan
Artist's lifetime: 1807–1860
Country: Austrian Empire
Biography: Alojzy Reichan (June 22, 1807, Lviv – November 6, 1860, Lviv) was a renowned Polish and Ukrainian portrait painter. He was the son of the artist Jozef Reichan and the father of the artist Stanislaw Reichan. He graduated from the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. After completing his studies in 1838, Alojzy Reichan purchased a tenement on Krakowska Street in Lviv, where he lived until his death. A. Reichan's works in the Biedermeier style exhibit characteristics of the Viennese School. He also painted miniatures and genre scenes and engaged in lithography.

Object description

A waist-length formal portrait of an unknown grey-haired man in a full dress uniform is depicted against a dark, neutral background. The man is shown in a slight three-quarter view to the right, looking at the viewer. The dark green uniform features a stand-up collar trimmed with an ornate golden braid. Around his neck, on a red ribbon, hangs the commander’s cross of the Order of Franz Joseph.

Inscriptions

In the bottom right is the artist's signature: "Reichan".

Legal regulation

Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

Portrait of a Man in a Green Full Dress Uniform

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