Johann-Peter Krafft, 1780 Hanau - 1856 Vienna

Johann-Peter Krafft,
1780 Hanau - 1856 Vienna


YOUNG COUPLE IN LOVE
Oil on canvas.
55 x 47 cm.
Signed and dated "J P Krafft. pinxit. 1820".
In decorative frame.

A young man in leather trousers with a white shirt standing in front of a thatched farmhouse with a dovecote, holding a sitting dog on a lead while his right hand grasps a stick. He looks jealously around the corner at a young woman who is trying to defend herself against the advances of an officer in uniform. On the right, the old farmer's wife looks out of the window. Fine genre painting with numerous details.

The artist studied at the Vienna Academy under Heinrich Friedrich Füger (1751-1818). In 1813 he became a member of the Academy in Vienna and in 1815 of the Hanau Academy of Drawing. In 1828 he became director of the Imperial Picture Gallery at Belvedere Palace. (14204515) (18))