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Genügsamer Weltbürger (Das bescheidene Vergnügen)
Humble Cosmopolitan (Modest Pleasure)
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Humble Cosmopolitan (Modest Pleasure), 1886

ArtistLudwig Knaus, Wiesbaden 1829–1910 Berlin
Oil on canvas, mounted on wood
Dimensions without frame60 × 50 cm
Dimensions with frame90,8 × 80,4 × 10,7 cm
Status
on display, room 010.2
About the workChildren were popular motifs in the second half of the nineteenth century. The painter Ludwig Knaus, who worked mainly in Düsseldorf until 1874, was one of the leading representatives in this field. Pictures of children were meant to be pleasing, natural and lively. This is why there is no critical examination of the poor living conditions in this image; they are intended to emphasise the idea of an original, innocent state, which the child also symbolises. Created in 1886, the work was acquired in the same year by the Association for the Establishment of a Picture Gallery in Düsseldorf.
AccessionAcquisition 1886
Provenance1886 „Verein zur Errichtung einer Gemälde-Gallerie zu Düsseldorf“ angekauft vom Künstler; 1913 übernommen in die Städtischen Kunstsammlungen zu Düsseldorf (heute Kunstpalast Düsseldorf)
Inventory numberM 4028
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