Jozef BRANDT (1841-1915), Tatar merchant, 1884

heliogravure, cardboard, 23 x 35 cm (in light passe-partout); signed on panel p. d. and inscribed under composition l. d.: BRANDT PXT; and p. d.: HELIOGRAVIURE HANFSTAENGLA; title of painting in Polish and German: Kupiec Tartarski | Tartarischer Kaufmann; additional inscriptions: Printed by the Tow [proliferation] of Fine Arts in Vienna; MAURICH ROBICZK'S MAIN STORE IN WARSAW.

The engraving comes from the collection "Album of Polish Painters in Etchings" (1884). It was a pioneering publication on Polish soil of great importance for the dissemination of the work of contemporary Polish artists, especially during the partitions.

Franz Hansftaengl (1804-1877) - Bavarian painter, master lithographer and photographer. He studied at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts, where Polish painters, the so-called "Munichers," were a strong community. His outstanding work was the production of 200 lithographs of collected works in the Dresden Gallery (1835-1852).

Maurycy Robitschek (Robiczek), a bookseller, in 1872, together with Herman Altenberg, established their own bookstore and picture warehouse at 38 Krakowskie Przedmieście Street, under the name Altenberg and Robitschek. At the end of 1879, the bookstore passed to the ownership of Maurice Robitschek, who then began using a polonized version of his name: Robitschk.

Franz Hansftaengl (1804-1877) - Bavarian painter, master lithographer and photographer. He studied at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts, where Polish painters, the so-called "Munichers," were a strong community. His outstanding work was the production of 200 lithographs of collected works in the Dresden Gallery (1835-1852). Maurycy Robitschek (Robiczek), a bookseller, in 1872, together with Herman Altenberg, established their own bookstore and picture warehouse at 38 Krakowskie Przedmieście Street, under the name Altenberg and Robitschek. At the end of 1879, the bookstore passed to the ownership of Maurice Robitschek, who then began using a polonized version of his surname: Robiczek.