Vaclav (wenzel) Manes ( 1793 - 1858 ) was a Czech painter. Vaclav (wenzel) Manes s works have been put up for auction numerous times, with realized prices surpassing estimated prices, varying from 230.26 USD for Portrait of Comtesse Bouguoi as an infant in 2008 to 1927.26 USD for Portrait of a gentleman before a landscape background with an Imperial Knight decoration and a medal in 2016 , based