Domestic Scene in a Poor Peasant's Living-Room 1859

Frederik Vermehren's 1859 painting "Domestic Scene in a Poor Peasant's Living-Room" depicts a woman and a child in a sparsely furnished home, highlighting the harsh realities of poverty in 19th-century Denmark. The woman, seated with a basket of vegetables, and the girl, engrossed in a book, provide a poignant contrast of domestic labor and intellectual pursuits. The painting, housed at the SMK - Statens Museum for Kunst, captures a sense of quiet solitude and the challenges of daily life for those living in poverty.