"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 looking at the viewer with rosy cheeks, 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 belongs to the brush of Epp, who studied at the Karlsruhe Academy under Johann Wilhelm Schirmer and Ludwig de Coudre, and moved to Munich in 1863, where he quickly gained international fame for his delicate and tasteful genre paintings of figures in interiors. Oil on canvas mounted on panel. Signed. 61 cm x 46 cm. Framed. Listed in the online catalog of sketches of the Rudolf Epp Forum Heidelberg under catalog number EW 0414.