Description:

signed, dated, and inscribed, lower right: Jos Klieber Lildfaiere (?) in (?) Director / Inn 8th Marz 1833.
brush and dark grey ink with wash
245 x 165 mm

Provenance:

Galerie Bassenge, Berlin, November 30, 2007, Lot 6653
Private collection, London

Note:

After training as a sculptor with Johann Baptist Straun and Johann Martin Fischer, Klieber entered the service of Prince Johannes of Liechtenstein in 1810 and later became one of the most important sculptors of his time in Vienna. He also served as Privy Councillor and Director of the School of Engravers and Ore Cutters at the Vienna Academy of Arts.