(Austrian, 1854-1932)
Tigers Stalking, jungle landscape with two tigers under a baobob tree, signed lower left "R. Ernst", oil on panel with colourman stamp for "Blanchet…Paris", 28-3/8 x 36-1/8 in.; gilt wood and composition frame, panel lacking two battens verso, bitumen draw crackle, small abrasions under right tiger's jaw, crackle, some possible yellowing of varnish, gouge in panel lower right edge possible prior to painting execution; frame with abrasions and minor losses. Provenance: General Charles Miller (1843-1927), Franklin, Pennsylvania, by tradition said to have been purchased from the artist during the
Grand Tour; by descent in family
Condition
panel lacking two battens verso, bitumen draw crackle, small abrasions under right tiger's jaw, crackle, some possible yellowing of varnish, gouge in panel lower right edge possible prior to painting execution; frame with abrasions and minor losses