This masterfully family genre scene was created by Austrian painter of Polish origin Leopold Löffler - Radymno ( 1827 Radymno - 1898 Krakow ). The artist lived and worked in Vienna, studied since 1846 at the Viennese Academy under Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, later at the Academy in Munich and in 1854-1858 in Paris. Since 1877 - Professor at the Art School in Krakow.

Literature: Prof. H.Fuchs "Die Österreichische Maler des 19 und 20 Jahrhunderts", Vienna, 1975; Thieme/Becker "Allgemeines Lexikon der bildendenden Künstler.."

Inscription: signed and dated (18)86 lower right.

Technique: oil on canvas. Original period gold-plated frame.

Measurements: unframed w12 1/3 " x h 15 1/2" ( 31,5 x 39,5 cm), framed 22" x 243/4" (56 x 63 cm)

Condition: very good