A student playing the flute in the courtyard

(1829 Ostercappeln near Osnabrück – 1908 Munich) Student Feinflüssig drew, narratively depicting with sensitive characterization of the figures, a student playing the flute in a courtyard next to a bird aviary, with fruit and vegetable beds. This is a typical work of the Munich genre and historical painter, who studied at the Munich Academy under Philipp von Foltz and Josef Keren in Düsseldorf. He created frescoes in the castles of Linderhof and Herrenchiemsee for King Ludwig II of Bavaria. Oil, wooden panel. Signed. Original frame.