PETZL Ferdinand

ESSLINGEN NEAR STUTTGART

Oil on canvas: 32 x 46.3 cm / 12.6 x 18.2 in
Signed and dated '1877' lower left

Painter of genre scenes and urban views; etcher.

Ferdinand Petzl was the brother of the painter Josph Petzl. He travelled to France and Italy and settled down in Munich, where he exposed in 1858. He painted the typical places of Nuremberg.

Period:
Munich 1819 - 1899
German School

Exhibitions:
Munich

Literature:
E. Bénézit, "Dictionary of Artists", Paris 2006, Vol. 10, p. 1283.