Description: Polychrome pigments and gesso over wood, and mustache applied animal hair. Represent a highly stylized character with an exaggerated expression, whose fierce appearance is made comical by caricature traits, heavy frowning brow and a grimacing broad mouth. Signature and label on the back. Condition: General wear with color scuffing due to age, some hair loss on eyebrows and mustache - good, age-related condition Provenance: From an important Austrian private collection, acquired before 1930