August Schoefft
19th century Hungarian painter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
August Theodor Schoefft (1809 – 1888) was a 19th-century Hungarian painter.[1][2] He spent more than one year in the Sikh Empire, arriving in 1841, where he painted portraits and scenes of the surrounding area. His best known works include The Court of Lahore and Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Darbar Sahib.[3] A painting by Scheofft sold at Christie's for over £91,250 in 2009.[4]