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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fid, post: 688075, member: 7724&quot;]certainly a genre painting. in Switzerland it was Albert Anker that was known best for them. </p><p>in recent years there was a bit of criticism because many paintings are too idealistic and don&#039;t show the reality; children were still beaten, not sent to school during harvest seasons etc.</p><p>this here lets a wide field open to interpretation. is it a late-comer that was caught by the caretaker ? or is it an allusion to the Kulturkampf between a black frocked catholic man that stops the boy to go to the statal school ?</p><p>I&#039;d put it a bit earlier than the turn of the century. 1850 to 1880 would be my guess.</p><p>a pity we don&#039;t see what&#039;s on the map - always a good way by seeing what states are there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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