Johan Mengels Culverhouse (Dutch-American, 1820-1895), The Village School

Oil on canvas (lined), 1876, signed at lower right, presented in an ornate period giltwood frame.

Stretcher size 14 x 10 1/4 in.; Frame dimensions 21 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.

Private Collection from an Equestrian Farm, Moore County, North Carolina

Johann Mongels Culverhouse was a Dutch-born genre painter known for atmospheric candlelit and nocturnal scenes influenced by seventeenth-century Dutch masters. Born in Rotterdam, he worked in both the Netherlands and the United States, exhibiting at major institutions including the Paris Salons, the National Academy of Design, the Boston Athenaeum, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. His paintings are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, and The High Museum of Art.

The painting has been lined, with light retouching visible under UV light.