Edward Jakob von Steinle (1810-1887), Austrian painter, student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, went to Rome in 1828, where he closely followed Friedrich Overbeck and Philipp Veit and stayed until 1834. Then went to Munich to learn the fresco technique with Peter von Cornelius and subsequently to Frankfurt am Main, where he became the first professor at the Städel Institute in 1850. Reitergefecht zwischen Österreichern und Polen während der Napoleonischen Kriege in einem Alpendorf', monogr., dat 1834 ?, oil/white on painting board, 45 x 57 cm, magnificent frame 66 x 80 cm