The monks clearly show their joy at the meal, which is not lavish, but plentiful, for which of course God is to be thanked. Our monk also folded his hands in prayer in gratitude, while his satisfied gaze rested on his meal of a boiled piece of meat, a loaf of bread, salt and a few radishes. A crock of fine-tasting beer should not be missing, of course. And to crown it all, the snuff from the wooden box on the right is already waiting for him on the table. Here too Grützner proves once again that he can characterise certain social groups with a pinch of fine humour - but without caricaturing them.
Eduard Theodor Grützner, since 1916 Ritter von Grützner (May 26, 1846 in Groß-Karlowitz near Neisse, Silesia, Poland; April 2, 1925 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany) was a German genre painter.
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