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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 2878153, member: 56&quot;]I have to think this is an amateur painting, at best an itinerant and untrained painter.&nbsp; My first impression was biedermeier, which is the period after the Napoleonic wars up to mid-19th century in Europe (particularly central Europe).&nbsp; This was when the middle class had gained enough stability and economic clout that they could indulge in things like painted portraits, largely from naive and itinerant painters, the well-trained academicians being still out of reach financially.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know if it&#039;s sad.&nbsp; Maybe it&#039;s just meant to depict a prosperous family.&nbsp; But where&#039;s the father?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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