Humorfully old German intereior scene with an amateur violinist and his favorite songbird was executed 1863 by famous Munich historical and genre painter Wilhelm Ernst Friedrich Roegge (1829 Osnabrück - 1908 Munich). The artist studied at the Munich academy by Anschütz and Ph.Foltz and in Duesseldorf by J.Kehren. His historical paintings , murals , wall and ceilling works as well as genre paintings situated in the Bavarian National Museum; castle Herrenchiemsee; Art Gallery in Sheffield (United Kingdom).

Literature : Thieme/Becker "Allgemeines Kuenstlerlexikon", Leipzig, 1999.

Inscription: signed and dated 1863 lower right.

Technique: oil on canvas, original period gilt frame.

Measurements: image w 17 3/4 " x h 21 2/3 " (45 x 55 cm), framed 25 2/3" x 29 1/2" (65 x 75 cm).

Condition: in good condition.