"Epps is a master of genre painting."

(1834 Eberbach - 1910 Munich) "Child Eating Cherries". Originally titled "Dressed in a White Shirt", a full-faced child with dark hair sits on a cushion in a room, innocently gazing at the viewer with rosy cheeks and enjoying juicy red cherries from a bowl. At his feet, several gnawed pits and broken fruit stems have already accumulated. This lovingly depicted and charming genre painting is by the brush of Epps, who studied at the Karlsruhe Academy under Johann Wilhelm Schirmer and Ludwig de Courde, and in 1863 moved to Munich, where he quickly gained international fame for his subtle and tasteful genre paintings depicting figures in interiors. Oil, canvas on panel. Signed. 61 cm x 46 cm. Framed. Listed in the online catalog of sketches by Rudolf Epp of the Heidelberg Forum under catalog number EW 0414.