EBERIIAIID painter and sculptor, first instructed by his ' father, then studied in Munich and Rome. Works : Altarpiece with Historic Develop- ment, Propagation, and Triumph of Chris- tianity ; Procession of Corpus Christi ; por- traits of Dante, Goetho, Cornelius, and Plattner. Regnet, i. 87. EBERHAHD THE WEEPER (Larmoy- eur), Ary Si-hejfer, Louvre, Paris ; canvas, H. 5 ft x 5 ft. 4 in.; signed. Ulrich, son of Count Eberhard, of Wiirtemberg, on recov- ering from wounds received in the battle of Reutlingen, which he had lost, sought his father at Stuttgart. The old knight re-' ceived him coldly, and when his son took his seat opposite him at. table, sei/.ed a knife and cut the table-cloth between them. Ul- rich, stung by the insult, made extraordinary efforts in the next battle, Dolh'ugen, which he won at the cost of his life. The picture represents the father alone in his tent, weeping over his son's dead body, as de- ' scribed in Schiller's ballad. Salon, 1834 ; Collection of Louis Philippe ; from Luxem- bourg. Replicas in Corcoran Gallery, Wash- ington, Boston Art Museum, and Rotterdam Museum. A second picture (Salon, 1851), called Le Coupeur de Nappe, represents the father cutting the table-cloth. Art Treas- ures of America, i. 5. EBERLE, ADAM, born at Aix-la-Cha- ' pelle in 1805, died in Rome in 1830. His- i tory painter, student of the Academy at Ddsseldorf. After Cornelius was appointed director, Eberle became his devoted pupil, painted two remarkable pictures under his influence, and accompanied him to Munich in 1825, where he painted a large fresco on the ceiling of the Odeon, and another in the arcade of the Hofgarten. In 1829 he went to Rome. Works : Entombment, St. He- , lena and Angels ; Apollo with the Shepherds (fresco, Odeon Hall, Munich) ; Investiture of Maximilian I. of Bavaria (fres- /y__^ co, Arcade of the Hofgarten). / M V Allgem. d. Biogr., v. 573 ; Brock- 2 Lt. haus, v. 708 ; FV.rster, Denkmale, iii. 29 ; do. Gesch., v. 13, 07, 78. EBERLE, ADOLF, born in Munich, Jan. 11, 1843. Genre painter, son of Robert E., pupil of Munich Academy, and from 1856 of Piloty. Painted his first picture in 1801. Medal at Vienna, 1808. Works : Seizure of the Last Cow (1801) ; Fruitless Effort ; Out- post Scene ; Camp School from Thirty Years' War ; Quartering of Pandours ; Love Declaration ; Unsuccessful Music Rehearsal; Wedding Day; Subhastation (1809), Kunst- halle, Hamburg ; After Baptism ; Zither Lesson ; Old Innsbruck Woman with Grand- daughter; Bridal Dance; Saying Grace; The First Deer (1879); Visit to Bcllo Family (1883) ; Hunter's Lodge (1884). Zcitschr. f. b. K., ix. (Mittheilungcn, ii. 25); Illustr. Zeitg. (1884), i. 401, 412 ; N. illustr. /eitg. (1878), ii. 510. EI5ERLE, ROBERT, born at Meersburg, on Lake Constance, July 22, 1815, died at Eberfmg, near Munich, Sept. lit, isii'J. Animal painter, pupil in Constance of J. J. Bidcrmann. Went to Munich in 1830 and formed himself by studying nature, Ruys- dacl, and Du Jardin ; spent three mouths in America (1848), and then settled in Munich, where ho died from an accidental pistol- shot. Works : Shepherd with Herd return- ing Homo (1840) ; Grain Harvest (1848) ; Morning at Weinheim, Leaving the Alp (1849) ; Frightened Sheep, Cattle returning Home, Sheep Resting (1850) ; Return from the Fields (1851) ; Alp on Benedictcn Wall, Goats starting for Pasture, Sheep resting at Noon, Evening in Pasture, Sheep resting and Shepherd Boy (1852) ; Sheep during Storm, Early Snow (1853) ; Shepherd and Sheep (1854) ; Shepherd's Dinner (1855) ; Sheep driven by Dog (1850) ; Village; in the Morning, Peasant and Shepherd (1857) ; Sheep driven over Precipice by an Eagle (1858), Carlsruhe Gallery ; Village Scene (1859) ; Suabian Shepherd with Herd (1800), New Pinakothek, Munich ; Cows returning from Pasture (1801). Allgem. d. Biogr., v. 574 ; Andresen, iv. 238 ; Brockhaus, v. 708. EBERS, EMIL, l>orn in Breslau, Dec. 14, 1807. Genre painter, pupil of Ddsseldorf
