SCHLESINGER, FELIXHamburg 1833 - 1910
Title: The Fourth Guest.
Interior with Three Eating Children and a Cat.
Technique: Oil on parquetted wood.
Measurement: 32.5 x 39cm.
Notation: Signed lower right: "F. Schlesinger".
Frame: Framed.
Provenance:
Private ownership, Germany,
1985 acquired at the Bremer Kunsthandel.
Felix Schlesinger specialised in depicting the interaction between children and animals. The genre picture of children eating is given a special, narrative touch by the gaze of the youngest, who has recognised the cat as competition for the food.
Felix Schlesinger 
