4354 - Large family portrait

Large family portrait A married couple with their five children in a summery landscape in front of their house, whilst the four boys, with children’s toys such as kites, a book, a slate and a trowel, whilst the sister, under the watchful eye of her proud father, presents a flower - possibly a family portrait of the Krupp or Lauenstein family - to her moved mother, who is seated on a bench, poetic, glazed, partly impasto painting, oil on canvas, late 19th century, unsigned; according to unverified information from the previous owner, possibly a painting by Ludwig Knaus, Düsseldorf School of Painting, Craquelure, partial secondary retouching and overpainting, dated ‘1881’ in the lower right-hand corner, framed in a gold stucco moulding approximately 18 cm wide, inner dimensions approximately 90 x 130 cm.