[1] The painting shows a sad peasant couple sitting outside their house with a child-sized coffin nearby.

Gierymski frequented Włodzimierz Tetmajer, who lived in Bronowice Małe.

At that time Aleksander Gierymski drew first sketches for Peasant Coffin.

[citation needed] The painting is in the collection of the National Museum in Warsaw.

Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda wrote: I don't know a picture in Polish art, where the occurrence of tragedy is equally strong.