Scene from the village life was executed in 1873 by famous painter of the Duesseldorf School Julius Ludwig Christian Lange (1817 Darmstadt - 1878 Munich).

At the Düsseldorf Art Academy, Lange was a student of the painter Johann Wilhelm Schirmer from 1836 to 1839. With Schirmer's support, Lange was later able to settle in Munich.

Larger commissions then brought Lange financial success: The Academy of Fine Arts in Venice commissioned him to execute a series of sketches for the study of landscape painting;

the Academy in Milan commissioned him to paint two larger pictures. Through his time in northern Italy, Lange was also able to establish contacts with the Milanese court. Until 1858, he held the position of art tutor to Archduchess Charlotte of Belgium, the future Empress of Mexico.

At the end of 1858, Lange returned to Munich. There, too, he gained access to the court. Since King Maximilian of Bavaria developed a fondness for him, Munich society soon took notice. Maximilian's son, King Ludwig II, also acquired two landscapes for the Neue Pinakothek. For Ludwig II, Lange created several watercolors and gouaches – in connection with the planned construction projects of Herrenchiemsee and Linderhof Palaces, primarily French palace views, but also interior designs for King Ludwig II's palaces. Lange's students included Karl Millner and Carl Bolze. In 1860, Lange, along with his teacher Schirmer, Carl Friedrich Lessing, Christian Morgenstern, Carl Schweich, and Karl Ludwig Seeger, contributed to the work *Die große deutsche Landschaftsschule* (The Great German Landscape School), which featured photographs by Georg Markwort of original studies by these landscape painters.