German School 19th Century Oil - Woman with Basket & Mandolin

This charming oil portrait depicts a young peasant woman paused on a rural path with a basket and stringed mandolin resting against a wooden fence post. The composition balances the figure prominently in the foreground against a pastoral landscape with distant buildings and a church. The painting is well presented in an ornate gilt effect frame with swept rails, hatching details and floral and acanthus ornamentation at the corners. On millboard.