An Afternoon’s Amusements (1863). Johann Georg Meyer von Bremen (German, 1813-1886).&

An Afternoon’s Amusements (1863). Johann Georg Meyer von Bremen (German, 1813-1886). Oil on canvas.

While scenes from the Bible were first the subjects of his brush, he later turned his attention to incidents from popular life, especially among the Hessian peasantry, and finally to the portrayal of family life full of intense sympathy with the “simple annals of the poor.” After taking up his residence at Berlin, he chose especially scenes from child life, which he rendered with spirited humor.