Eduard Karl Gustav Pistorius (1796-1862), an important German genre painter, studied at the academies in Berlin and Dresden, and in 1840 he settled in Rome. ''Farmer's tavern with card players'', a group of peasants eagerly looks at a player's hand, while his opponent, an armored soldier, only has eyes for the beautiful innkeeper. Oil on wooden panel, u. re. sign. u. dat. ''Pistorius p. 1826'', 47 x 57 cm, framed. 62 x 75 cm