The painting shows a father with his children at a table. The table forms the lower edge of the painting. While the father appears to be seated, his three older children are standing close to him or directly in front of him. The smallest child is sitting on the tabletop at the front left of the painting and is loosely embraced by the eldest daughter standing behind him. The eldest son is on the right of the picture. He has placed his arm on the tabletop and is pointing at an apple lying on the table. The sitters are wearing bourgeois clothing.
A blue handwritten "15" can be recognised twice on the frame.
Provenance
[...]; without date-30.12.1928 Anton Lindner; 31.12.1929-17.10.1938 Melitta & Lukas Lindner, Hamburg, probably from 3.1936 Boltenhagen; probably on 13.12.1929 Christiansen & Co, Hamburg, auction; since 17.10.1938 Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte
Literature / Source
MHG-Archiv: Archivmaterial: Briefe vom 7.9.; 9.9;13.9.;17.9.;20.9.;23.9.;4.10.;5.10;8.10.;10.10.;5.11.;8.11.;12.11.;2.12.;7.12;13.12.38; 22.2.; 28.2.;29.2.;20.4.;24.4.40
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Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte
Holstenwall 24
20355 Hamburg
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