LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

14.17 in. (36.00 cm.) (height) by 8.27 in. (21.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'F. Kosler' (incised lower right)

Provenance:

Kosler returned to Egypt on several occasions holding an exhibition there in 1894. The show was a great success and secured Kosler many wealthy Egyptian patrons including Prince Said Halim Pasha the grandson of Mehemet Ali Pasha the future Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire who commissioned a series of portraits from the artist. Kosler's portrait commissions were not limited to Egyptian society. He also painted the Archduke Ferdinand Karl in Vienna and other wealthy individuals such as Countess Palfy-Schilippenback who sat for the artist in 1896. Whilst in Egypt Kosler made acquaintances with a number of influential European art collectors. These connections encouraged him to exhibit at the Glass Palace in Munich in 1899 and at the Royal Academy in London where he exhibited