"Young Girl in the Courtyard: A Charming Genre Painting by a Düsseldorf Artist"

(1830 Tumlingen - 1900 Düsseldorf) A peasant woman reading in the yard, with a half-open door flooded with light, sitting on a stool, a young girl is immersed in reading. A charming genre painting, lovingly executed with attention to detail, by a Düsseldorf artist who studied in Stuttgart and Munich. Oil on canvas; signed and dated 1868 on the front, indicating the location as Düsseldorf and another date on the reverse; 27 cm x 22 cm. In a frame.