The painter in the attic, feeding mice

Young painter sitting on a box in front of the painting; roof hatch on the left, lute in front on the left.

signed lower right: Danhauser 831; reverse: On decorative frame: blue tyre chalk "9261" (mun. no.); black pencil, handwritten "K 549" (Kremsmünster salvage no.); round, white-faded label, black pencil "K 549" (Kremsmünster salvage no.); handwritten pencil ?, illegible (not identified); image carrier: black pen, handwritten "K 549" (salvage number Kremsmünster); red, faded label, printed "1931 / 1296" (label, Künstlerhaus Wien, Vereinigung der Gesellschaft bildender Künstler Österreich, for the 52nd annual exhibition 1931); white, blue-edged label with perforated border "235" (Linz no.)