Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach (1851-1913)
"The Fairy Dance"
oil on canvas
1895
96,5 x 136 cm
signed and dated lower right: "K. W. Diefenbach 1895"
An historical photograph of this painting existed in the Picture Archives of the Austrian National Library; however, the whereabouts of this large version of Diefenbach's famous motif of the fairy dance were long unknown, until the painting recently resurfaced in northern Germany.
Dr. Claudia Wagner has confirmed this work's authenticity.