Johann Grund (1808-87) painted landscapes, portraits and genre scenes. He studied at the Academy in Vienna, and continued his studies in Paris, Munich, Düsseldorf and Italy. He worked in Vienna, Rome, Karlsruhe and Baden-Baden. Around 1834 he was appointed painter to the court of Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden.

Lichtental in Baden-Baden is known for its Cistercian monastery which was founded in the thirteenth century (see RCIN 403658). In this rustic scene, a farm cart, loaded with grass, on which a young girl and a child are seated, is being pulled along a track by two bullocks, driven by a young man with a switch in his rasied right hand; beyond is a stream and a wooded hillside, with a timber house amidst the trees.