Lot 634: Hasenclever, Johann Peters1810 Remscheid - 1853 Düsseldorf The village schoolhouse.

Hasenclever, Johann Peters
1810 Remscheid - 1853 Düsseldorf

The village schoolhouse.
Signed and dated lower left: J. P. Hasenclever/ 1845. Oil on canvas. Relined. 34 x 43cm. Framed.

Deriving from the larger painting "Jobst als Schulmeister", which can be found in the Düsseldorf Art Museum, the artist created various smaller versions, addressing this issue.
The version presented here was created in the same year as the one in Düsseldorf.

Literature:
Cf. Bestvater-Hasenclever, Hanna: J.P. Hasenclever - Ein wacher Zeitgenosse des

Biedermeier, Recklinghausen 1979, fig.no.38, p.26