Genre scene with drinkers and dice players , dressed in historical costumes, was executed by well renowned German genre and landscape painter Meno Muehlig (1823 Eienstock - 1873 Dresden). Father of other famous painter Hugo Muehlig, pupil of Julius Huebner at the Dresden Academy , his works situated in the collection of the National Gallery in Dresden and State Gallery in Graz.

Literature : Thieme/Becker "Lexicon of artists from antique to contemporary" (in German), Leipzig, 1999.

Inscription: signed lower left.

Technique: oil on mahagony wood panel. Luxuriousy antique frame.

Measurements: unframed w 22 7/8 " x h 16 1/2 " (58 x 42 cm), framed w 281/4" x h 21 3/4" (71,5 x 55,5 cm)

Condition: in good condition.