Description
Peasant Cottage is an unsigned and unattributed oil painting on canvas dating to approximately c1900. The composition depicts a detailed farmhouse interior centred on everyday rural family life, consistent with the narrative genre painting tradition associated with German Realism and the Munich school, including depictions of Bavarian and Tyrolean peasant households. A graphite-scribed notation in the lower right corner reads “Opapa Krck, 1847” and is considered a dedication rather than a signature or date of creation.
Product Details
- Title: Peasant Cottage
- Artist: Unsigned and unattributed
- Date: c1900
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 25” x 18”
- Condition: Good
- Inscription/Dedication: “Opapa Krck, 1847” in the lower right corner
- Inscription Medium: Graphite-scribed (pencil), rather than painted
- Attribution Note: The lower-right notation is deemed a dedication, not a signature or date of making
- Style/Genre: Consistent with 19th-century German genre painting and German Realism, including the Munich school tradition depicting Bavarian and Tyrolean peasant family life
- Context: Comparable genre paintings often portray intimate, humorous, or poignant interactions within ordinary rural households
- Documentation: Virtually no additional information is available on the work; its genre and material properties help situate the painting
Its intimate rural subject and period genre character make it well suited for a traditional interior or curated historical art collection.
Specifications
Category
Decorative Arts
Gender
Unisex