Figure 1.--We do not have any detailed infomation on this Larsson rural portrait, but believe it was painted in 1890s. The boys' clothing seens rather influenced by folk styles. A reader writes, "Two years ago we travelled for a holiday in Sweden and came to Sundborn, 15 km Northeast of Falun in Dalarna, We visited Larsson's long time family home in a pleasant landscape where many of his drawings, especially the many pictures with children originated. The drawing here shows the building in its old state and the landscape to the south. I remember the part of the building to the right with the broad windows. Now, it is a museum with the cultured garden prepard for picnic, viewing into farmland near to a small river and a lake. You see the lake in the background to the right. Falun, the main city nearby is famous for the copper mines, the small river comes from Falun and crosses the small village Sundborn (with a famous old church containing interesting Larsson-paintings!).

We also note a wonderful country scene with a mother anf her children. He daughter swears a pinafore, very common at the time. The boys, however, seem to be wearing caps and tunics which seemed influenced by folk costume. I do not know what the names for these garments were. It is interesting that the boys wear these folk -like costumes while mother and her daughter do not. In much of Euroope, it was more common for women and girls to wear folk costmes than boys. Here an exception may be Germany. One of the boys is barefoot while the other wears stripped long stockings and unusually short short pants for the timne. I'm not sure when the paintting was done, but I would guess the 1890s.

Sources

Burkhard Riemschneider, 1993.

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