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Eduard Veith, Austrian 1856-1925- The Queen; oil on canvas, signed 'E VEITH' (centre right), 60.5 x 49.7 cm. Note: Veith studied under Ferdinand Laufberger (1829-1881) at the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna. He worked as a portraitist and stage designer, producing stage sets and collaborating with the artists Fellner & Helmer, who built a number of theatres across the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Indeed, Veith's theatrical experience is strikingly evident in the present work, which, like many of the artist's paintings, depicts a woman dressed in ornate and elaborate costume. Veith often depicted allegorical characters, repeatedly returning to this figure of 'the Queen', an approach which reveals the artist's Symbolist tendencies. Here, the artist's use of impasto lends the jewels, which adorn the sitter, an effective sense of depth, rendering them as almost tangible objects which glitter in the light. The subject is possibly shown in the guise of Queen Theodora (c.500-548), the Byzantine empress and wife of Emperor Justinian (482-565).