Genre painting with a hunter and his dog, returning with trophy from successful hunting, it was executed by well renowned German genre and landscape painter Meno Muehlig (1823 Eienstock - 1873 Dresden). Father of other famous painter Hugo Muehlig, pupil of Julius Huebner at the Dresden Academy , his works situated in the collection of the National Gallery in Dresden and State Gallery in Graz.

Literature : Thieme/Becker "Lexicon of artists from antique to contemporary" (in German), Leipzig, 1999.

Inscription: signed lower left; on the back of the stretcher: the seal of a noble collector and the label with old auction invoice for 45000 Austrian shillings (now ca. 3400 €).

Technique: oil on canvas. Luxuriousy antique frame.

Measurements: unframed w 22 7/8 " x h 16 1/2 " (58 x 42 cm), framed w 281/4" x h 21 3/4" (71,5 x 55,5 cm)

Condition: in very good condition.