''Boys Drawing'' is an 1864 oil on canvas painting by the Swedish artist

Sofie Ribbing Sofie Amalia Ribbing (6 March 1835 – 7 December 1894) was a Swedish painter of the Düsseldorf School. She specialized in portraits and Genre art, genre scenes, often placed in family settings. Biography She was born at Adelöv in Jönköp ...

in the collection of the

Gothenburg Museum of Art Gothenburg Museum of Art ( sv, Göteborgs konstmuseum) is located at Götaplatsen in Gothenburg, Sweden. It claims to be the third largest art museum in Sweden by size of its collection. Collections The museum holds the world's finest collect ...

. This painting shows two boys drawing and is representative of an everyday realism with genre motifs. It is considered a highlight of the museum and was purchased soon after it was painted in 1866. It has been considered a central work in the history of Swedish art.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boys Drawing 1864 paintings Collection of the Gothenburg Museum of Art Swedish paintings Paintings of children