Masterful genre watercolour with russian family scene created in 1848 by very good listed german artist Herman (Anton Hermann) Kowalsky (born 1813 in Dresden ). Since 1825 he studied at the Art Academy, in 1838 he worked in Munich, later in Vienna. This watercolour indicated in the " Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler" by Thieme/Becker, Leipzig, 1999.

Inscription: signed and dated 1848 lower right

Technique: watercolour on paper. Original period gold-plated framde on

Measurements: unframed w 13 1/2"x 9 2/3" x (34.5 x 24.5 cm); framed 16" x 12" ( 40,5 x 30,5 cm )

Condition: in very good condition