Lower left monogrammed and dated. Exhibition label and label of Georg Schäfer Collection, Schweinfurt, numbered "22068017" on the reverse. 99 x 79.5 cm (38.9 x 31.2 in). • Rare elegant social scene in the work of the great landscape artist, with impressionist influence in terms of motif and style • Thoma stages the idyll of an intimate get-together in the seclusion of a summer garden in nuanced, deep and varied shades of green Freie Künstlervereinigung Baden-Baden, Deutsche und Schweizer Kunst, April 1911 (no catalog). ans Thoma, 1839-1924. Commemorative exhibition on occasion of the 100th birthday, Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, July 2 - August 21, 1939, no. 88 (fig.). Träume verwehen nicht. Die Idylle: eine Bildform im Wandel zwischen Hoffnung und Wirklichkeit, 1750-1930, Städtisches Museum Leverkusen, Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen, December 20, 1986 - February 22, 1987; Kunsthalle Kiel, March 1 - April 15, 1987, cat. no. 57 (fig.). Hans Thoma 1839-1924. Gemälde und Zeichnungen aus der Sammlung Georg Schäfer Schweinfurt, Altes Rathaus, Schweinfurt, October 21 - February 26, 1989; Städtische Kunstsammlungen, Augsburg, December 9, 1989 - February 4, 1990; Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, February 17 - April 8, 1990, Kunsthalle Kiel, April 16 - May 27, 1990, cat. no. 14 (fig.).