C.G.MITTENZWEY Antique Oil on Board Portraiture, no apparent inscriptions or signatures to piece, subject a man in suit with a long red beard, gilt wood oval frame, measures 30.5 inches tall by 26 inches wide, not examined out of frame, another painting by Mittenzwey is being sold in this auction, varnish to surface appears to be wearing, Property from F.W Woolworth CEO Byron DeWitt Miller estate by family descent. C.G.Mittenzwey, Antique, oil on board, portraiture, portrait, German artist, German art, male portraiture, home decor, wall art, 18th century art, antique art.7Carl Gottlob Mittenzwey was born in 1822 in Reichenbach. He studied at the academies of Dresden and Antwerp. He was a representative of fine Biedermeier painting, which is characterized by a faithful reproduction in the representation. In addition to landscapes and religious subjects, Carl Gottlob Mittenzwey was best known as a portraitist of Zwickau and Plauen dignitaries and their children. He also worked as a drawing teacher and art teacher. He died in the year 1890.-bioappraisal by Cynthia Herbert, new Canaan Conn, April 2016, reads “ C. Mittenzwey (German , 19th Century, portrait of a Man, signed lower right and center left, with second Portrait of a Woman, valued at $4000.Measures 29.75 by 25.75 in gilt wood frame