Caption

Genre scene by Michal Piotr Radziwill 1853–1903, painted 1881. Inscription on the loom indicates it was a gift for his wife Maria née Zawiszów. Oil painting, height 29.0 cm, width 24.4 cm. Painted by Peel after the original by Radziwill — attribution uncertain., A framed painting showing a group of people gathered indoors around a standing man who holds an open book; the man wears a wide-brimmed hat and earth-toned clothing in shades of brown and muted green, and his face is turned toward the group. Several children and adults form a small cluster to the left, wearing garments in colors including brown, beige, cream, pale pink, and dark green, and one child wears a hat with a pale ribbon. Behind the group a doorway and a dark interior are visible with wooden architectural elements in deep brown and olive tones, and an older man leans on the doorway wearing darker clothing with a reddish cap. The floor and surrounding walls show worn, textured surfaces in brown, tan, and gray, and the painting is set in a wide wooden frame of dark maroon and brown.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A06_368

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Rights managed

Available size

89.1Mb (3.1Mb) / 17.3in x 20.0in / 5188 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Genre scene Michal Piotr Radziwill 1853–1903 painted 1881 Inscription loom indicates was gift wife Maria née Zawiszów Oil painting height 29.0 cm width 24.4 cm Painted Peel original Radziwill attribution uncertain framed painting showing group people gathered indoors standing man holds open book man wears wide-brimmed hat earth-toned clothing shades brown muted green face turned Several children adults form small cluster left wearing garments colors beige cream pale pink dark green child wears hat pale ribbon doorway dark interior visible wooden architectural elements deep brown olive tones older man leans wearing darker clothing reddish cap floor surrounding walls worn textured surfaces tan gray set wide wooden frame dark maroon brown.