after Christian Seybold (1695-1768), both probably painted by Franz Wagner depicting 'Old Man with Spotted Fur Cap', signed 'Wagner' and 'Old Woman with Green Headscarf', impressed KPM and sceptre marks, inscribed for the size '255x195', plaques 25.5x19cm, in probably original ebonised wood frames 42 x 36cm

Commonly misattributed to Balthasar Denner (1685-1749) another painter of 'tronies' and an artist who greatly influenced Seybold, the oil on copper Seybold originals are held by the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden (Nos.2094/5). These heads are also sometimes described erroneously as depicting Rembrandt's parents. For another KPM plaque of the old man and of the same size, signed 'F. Wagner', see Christie's, New York, 25 October 2007, lot 507. The porcelain painter Franz Wagner is recorded as active between 1894-1908 at 42 Starhemberggasse, Vienna IV (Waltraud Neuwirth, 'Porzellanmaler-Lexikon', Vol.II, 1840–1914, p.330).