This evening scene showing a girl seated on a log watching children making mudpies was painted while knaus was living in dusseldorf, germany. In the background, a swineherd tends his pigs. A preparatory sketch for the child in the center of composition was acquired by the museum in 1982 (walters 37. 2601). Object Type: painting. Date: 1873 (Modern). Place of creation: Germany. Dimensions: height: 64.4 cm (25.3 in); width: 109.4 cm (43 in); Framed height: 101.6 cm (40 in); width: 147.3 cm (57.9 in); depth: 14.6 cm (5.7 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Walters Art Museum. Ludwig Knaus - Mud Pies - Walters 3721
