# Portrait of Dr. Franz Xavier von Soist [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ITTENBACH, Franz]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 90 x 64 cm ## Commentary Portrait of Dr. Franz Xavier von Soist 1850 Oil on canvas, 90 x 64 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Franz von Soist was a doctor in Ehrenbreitstein, on the opposite side of the Rhine from Coblenz. He and his wife were most likely members of the local Catholic haute-bourgeoisie, from whom many of Ittenbach's portraits were commissioned. It can be seen in Dr. von Soist's likeness, Ittenbach was capable of a sophisticated sense of immediacy in his portraiture which almost suggests a sort of German Ingres. ## Related artworks - [Portrait of Margarete von Soist]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()