Gemütlich zu Hause - domestic scene, German School, circa 1775-80

 

The work of an unknown German artist, this genre scene was formerly attributed to the painter Johann Eleazar Zeissig, known as Schenau (1737 - 1806). 

The flooring consists of weave-patterned panels alternating with those in a parquet de Versailles pattern, the latter not set at the customary forty-five degree angle.

In the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.