Portrait of Rudolf von Arthaber with his children by Friedrich von Amerling, 1837

Friedrich von Amerling (April 14, 1803, Vienna – January 14, 1887, Vienna) was one of the most celebrated portrait painters of the nineteenth century.  He was painter to the Austro-Hungarian court between 1835 and 1880, and was elevated to the nobility in 1878.

In the original German, this intimate, motherless group portrait is entitled Rudolf von Arthaber mit seinen Kindern Rudolf, Emilie und Gustav, das Bildnis der gestorbenen Mutter ( Rudolf von Arthaber with his children Rudolf, Emilie, and Gustav; the portrait of the deceased mother).