Artist: Carl Reichert (1836 Vienna – 1918 Graz)
Date: Vienna 1889
Technique: Oil on cardboard
Dimensions: W 48 x H 54 cm (with frame); W 20 x H 26 cm (without frame)
Signature: signed and dated lower right: “Carl Reichert – 89”; Reverse original label of the artist: “Leckermäuler” / Oil painting / by Carl Reichert / II. Halmgasse 3. / Vienna” (translated); Embossed cardboard: “A. Ebeseder / Vienna / 7. Opernring 9” (translated) and “W. Koller & Co. / in Vienna” (translated); Reverse stamps with the numbers “50” and “26” as well as handwritten “945/19” (presumably old auction numbers)

Description: Six French hound or beagle puppies in a rustic room with a fireplace, licking food scraps from a large ceramic bowl.