Lise Svanholm, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Laurits Tuxen, 1990, no. 1022.

Exhibited: Charlottenborg 1917 no. 604.

In 1901, Laurits Tuxen married Frederikke Treschow (1856–1946), and together they bought the old post office in Vesterby, the outermost house in the western part of Skagen. The house had previously been rented by Martha (1861–1929) and Viggo Johansen (1851–1935) and Marie (1867–1940) and P. S. Krøyer (1851–1909). Thorvald Jørgensen (1867–1946), Christiansborg Palace’s architect, transformed the old half-timbered farm into a modern summer residence with a large studio. They named the house Villa Dagminne, and here the Tuxen family spent many happy summers with the daughters Yvonne and Nina. The house exists to this day, and both the interior and the exterior, with the beautiful rhododendron garden, have been meticulously maintained.

In the southern wing and oldest part of the house, there is a dining room kept in old rustic style. Tuxen has painted several works from this dining room, among others the present painting, where the artist's daughter is sitting and reading a book by the breakfast table in a corner of the room. Here, Tuxen has captured the warm, golden morning light, that falls through the window, with loose, pastose brushstrokes that emphasise his virtuosity.

This painting is part of the auction “Northern Light - the Artists' Colony at Skagen”.