(German, 1864-1941) The Serenade, 1890, a flirtatious gent with two elegant young ladies beneath a portrait of their father peering down in possible disapproval, signed lower right “L. Schmutzler ’90”, oil on canvas, 16 x 23-3/4 in.; modern gilt wood and composition frame, lined with wax and linen, crackle, no apparent retouch, conservation by Ray Ketcham, Atlanta, Georgia, 1976; frame with abrasions.