Rudolf Jettmar Austrian, 1869-1939

Original canvas. There are a few spots of retouching in the sky, notably a spot at the tip of the figure's billowing cloak corresponding to a repair in the canvas, and a few spots on the figure's hands and arms. Apart from some faint craquelure the paint surface is overall in good condition. Held in a plaster moulded gilt frame.
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From 1920 to 1928 Jettmar executed a series of paintings depicting the four seasons. It is likely that the present work was painted circa 1920-1921, as the first known compositional study in Jettmar's sketch book dates from 1920 and the second version of Herbst in oil was executed in 1921 (see Hans H. Hofstaetter, Rudolf Jettmar, Vienna, 1984, pp. 90 & 162, in which Herbst II is catalogued and illustrated).