Franz Eybl and The Reading Girl

'Reading Girl' (1850) by Franz Eybl; Österreichische Galerie im Belvedere, Vienna

I love this painting! It's in my book of women and reading in art. I had already looked up the dates of birth/death of the artist and had made a note. So the artist's name is Franz Eybl and his date of birth is April 1, 1806. This Austrian painter, who never left his birthplace Vienna, was very succesful with his genre paintings and portraits. Today's painting of a girl reading dates from 1850. The innocent face of the girl and her total absorption in the book lends infinite charm to this painting. I think it's pure and lovely.