Josef Schmid (1842-1914), large view of an early medieval throne room with royal couple and a group of clergy leaving the room. Thematically, Schmid obviously refers here to the painting ''The Mourning King and Queen'' by Carl Friedrich Lessing after Ludwig Uhland's poem ''Das Schloß am Meere''. The extinguished candle on the floor symbolizes the early death of the daughter. Oil on canvas, signed lower right, small hole, 72 x 104 cm, framed 86 x 118 cm