Genre scene with a boy and his favorite dog was executed by renowed German genre and historical painter Carl Ludwig Friedrich Becker (1820 - Berlin - 1900). Our painting was signed by the author "C.Beker" (Beker and Becker are identical German names, for proof see additional photo from Theme/Becker Artist lexicon) and in all probability it is fully identical with Becker`s painting "Ein Bravo empfängt den Preis für eine ihm befohlene Tat" ( A Bravo receives the price for him instructed act) , which represented in the artist`s list of paintings under No. 35 (source : important monography by Friedrich von Boetticher "Malerwerke des 19 Jahrhunderts", Leipzig, 1892, p.61) . Carl Ludwig Friedrich Becker was a pupil of August von Klöber, Peter von Cornelius, and Heinrich Maria von Hess, and afterwards studied a year in Paris, two years in Rome and visited Venice.He first attained success with subjects of the Venetian Renaissance. Later in life, he made many visits to Venice to study paintings drawn from life in the 15th and 16th centuries. The chief characteristics of his manner are historical fidelity, skillfulness of technique, and richness of coloring. His works include “Belisarius as a Beggar” (1850), “Jeweler at a Venetian Senator´s” (1855), “Visit of Sebastian del Piombo to Titian” (1861), “Doge in Council” (1864), “Charles V and Fugger” (1870), “Dürer in Venice” (1873), “Charles V Visiting Titian” (1873), “In the Picture Gallery” (1874), “Bianca Capello” (1874), “Scene from the Marriage of Figaro” (1874), “Emperor Maximilian Receiving the Venetian Embassy” (1877), and frescos for the Berlin Museum.

 Literature : Thieme/Becker "Lexicon of artists from antique to contemporary" (in German), Leipzig, 1999; Friedrich von Boetticher "Malerwerke des 19 Jahrhunderts", Leipzig, 1892, No. 35, page 61.

Inscription: signed lower right.

Technique:  oil on canvas. Original period gilt frame.

Measurements: unframed w 24 3/2" x h 32 1/4 " (63 x 82 cm), framed w 33 1/2" x h 41 " (85 x 104 cm)

Condition: in very good condition.