Nordeuropäische Schule (XIX) - Mutter mit Kind

For sale is a beautiful, completely untouched original painting from the late 19th century (c. 1870–1900).

It is a classic, romanticized genre scene (a mother with a young child in traditional/Southern European dress), executed in a fine mixed medium of watercolor and gouache on historic handmade paper.

Authentic original:

On close inspection (see detail photos), the hand-painted texture of the pigments and the irregular paper, with no printing pattern whatsoever, are clearly visible. A genuine one-of-a-kind piece!

Signature: Signed “Emil Blatz” in the lower left (or something similar; see macro photo).