A young woman is sitting on a bench to the right of an older woman reading from a book. On the floor in front of them lies a boy.
Provenance
Hans Thoma, 1871; Thomas Tee Collection, Manchester; Barkleay 1938; art dealer Dr. H. Roland and Dr. G. Delbanco, London, 1938; art dealer Karl Haberstock, Berlin, 1938; purchase of the latter by the Hamburger Kunsthalle, 1939
