signed J. Zasche, Vienna, after Wilhelm J. Martens, of rectangular form, the body with dreaming young woman in the clouds kissed by Cupid, painted in very delicate light colours, 22 x 29.5 cm, with gilt wooden frame 40.5 x 48.5 cm, frame with small signs of age
Josefine Zasche, porcelain and enamel painting, Vienna, second half of the 19th century (Ru)

Lit.:
Waltraud Neuwirth, Porzellanmaler-Lexikon, Volume II, 1840-1914, p. 361, Vienna 1, Bürgerspital, founded in 1847 by owner Josephine Zasche managed until 1894, manager Theo Zasche, paintings in New and Old Viennese genre, paintings after old and modern masters, portraits on porcelain, enamel and ivory, speciality: Old Viennese genre, miniature portraits;
participation in the Austrian Arts and Crafts Exhibition in the Austrian Museum in 1871, the Vienna World’s Fair in 1873, the Art and Industry Exhibition in Munich in 1876, the Philadelphia World Exhibition in 1876, the Paris World’s Fair in 1878, the Teplitz Trade and Industry Exhibition in 1879, Lower Austria in 1880, Vienna in 1880, Trieste in 1882, Antwerp in 1885, the Jubilee Exhibition in Vienna in 1888, the Paris Paris World’s Fair in 1889, Chicago in 1893, Antwerp in 1894;
medals and prizes, inter alia: Munich 1854, 1876 silver, Graz 1870, Vienna 1873, Philadelphia 1876, Paris 1878, Teplitz 1879 silver, Berlin 1880 1st medal and state prize, Melbourne 1881 2nd prize, Eger 1881, Vienna 1880 gold, Trieste 1888, Melbourne 1888, Amsterdam, Antwerp, London 1884, Edinburgh 1886, Boston, Sydney 1888 gold, Adelaide 187, Glasgow and Vienna 1888, Chicago 1893 gold cross of merit, Berlin 1880 1st prize and state medal, Eger 1881 1st prize;