Born in Vienna, Ferdinand Küss was a successful painter known for his artfully composed still lifes. He later turned to photography and founded his first studio in Vienna in 1859. The still life offered here shows a strong painterly composition and most likely served as a model for a painting.
Lit.: Otto Hochreiter/Timm Starl (eds.) Geschichte der Fotografie in Österreich, Band II. Bad Ischl 1983, see p. 145.
