Carl Spitzweg
Carl Spitzweg
1808 - 1885
Nachtwächter bei Mondschein, Hund und Katze. Ca. 1870.
Oil on cardboard on a backing cardboard.
Signed with initials in the lower left. 15 x 28.3 cm (5.9 x 11.1 in).
• A work of museum quality.
• The Night Watchman is one of the most iconic figures in Carl Spitzweg’s oeuvre.
• A refined and detailed work in a landscape format that is rare for this motif.
• A distinctive “Night Watchman” scene, to which Spitzweg lends an additional narrative dimension with the humorous detail of the dog and cat.
PROVENANCE: H. Kirchmair (according to the sales catalog, lot no. 419).
Private collection, Northern Germany.
Private collection, Sweden (2020, Ketterer Kunst; inherited by the current owner.
EXHIBITION: 23. Sonderausstellung, Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Nov./Dec. 1886, No. 78 (from the collection of Th. Kirchmair, Munich).
Galerie Kessler, New York, 1916, p. 36.
Carl Spitzweg. Reisen und Wandern in Europa und der Glückliche Winkel, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Jan. 24–May 18, 2003, p. 289, no. 172 (with color illustration).
LITERATURE: Günther Roennefahrt, Carl Spitzweg. Beschreibendes Verzeichnis seiner Gemälde, Ölstudien und Aquarelle, Munich 1960, CR no. 734 (illu. on p. 64).
Siegfried Wichmann, Carl Spitzweg. Verzeiichnis der Werke. Gemälde und Aquarelle, Stuttgart 2002, CR no. 1302 (with color illustration).
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Hermann Uhde-Bernays, Spitzweg. Reime und Bilder, Munich 1915, illu. 24.
Hermann Uhde-Bernays, Carl Spitzweg: Des Meisters Leben und Werk, 5th ed., Munich 1919, ill. 127.
Hyacinth Holland, Karl Spitzweg, Munich 1916, p. 22, illu. 32.
Fritz von Ostini, Aus Carl Spitzwegs Welt, Barmen 1924, p. 45.
Max von Boehn, Carl Spitzweg, 4th ed., Bielefeld/Leipzig 1937, illu. p. 20.
Alois Elsen, Carl Spitzweg, Vienna 1948, p. 134, plate 79.
Siegfried Wichmann, Carl Spitzweg: Der Nachtwächter. Dokumentation, Starnberg-Munich, R.f.v.u.a.K., 1986, p. 26 (with color illustration), Bavarian State Library, Munich, inventory no. Ana 656 SW 26.
Siegfried Wichmann, Carl Spitzweg: Kunst, Kosten und Konflikte, Frankfurt/Berlin, 1991, p. 314, no. 419.
Im Kinsky, Vienna, Auction 93, 19th-Century Paintings, Nov. 13, 2012, lot 152 (with color illustration).
Ketterer Kunst, Munich, Auction 508, 19th-Century Art, Dec. 12, 2020, lot 304 (with color illustration).
Carl Spitzweg
1808 - 1885
Nachtwächter bei Mondschein, Hund und Katze. Ca. 1870.
Oil on cardboard on a backing cardboard.
Signed with initials in the lower left. 15 x 28.3 cm (5.9 x 11.1 in).
• A work of museum quality.
• The Night Watchman is one of the most iconic figures in Carl Spitzweg’s oeuvre.
• A refined and detailed work in a landscape format that is rare for this motif.
• A distinctive “Night Watchman” scene, to which Spitzweg lends an additional narrative dimension with the humorous detail of the dog and cat.
PROVENANCE: H. Kirchmair (according to the sales catalog, lot no. 419).
Private collection, Northern Germany.
Private collection, Sweden (2020, Ketterer Kunst; inherited by the current owner.
EXHIBITION: 23. Sonderausstellung, Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Nov./Dec. 1886, No. 78 (from the collection of Th. Kirchmair, Munich).
Galerie Kessler, New York, 1916, p. 36.
Carl Spitzweg. Reisen und Wandern in Europa und der Glückliche Winkel, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Jan. 24–May 18, 2003, p. 289, no. 172 (with color illustration).
LITERATURE: Günther Roennefahrt, Carl Spitzweg. Beschreibendes Verzeichnis seiner Gemälde, Ölstudien und Aquarelle, Munich 1960, CR no. 734 (illu. on p. 64).
Siegfried Wichmann, Carl Spitzweg. Verzeiichnis der Werke. Gemälde und Aquarelle, Stuttgart 2002, CR no. 1302 (with color illustration).
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Hermann Uhde-Bernays, Spitzweg. Reime und Bilder, Munich 1915, illu. 24.
Hermann Uhde-Bernays, Carl Spitzweg: Des Meisters Leben und Werk, 5th ed., Munich 1919, ill. 127.
Hyacinth Holland, Karl Spitzweg, Munich 1916, p. 22, illu. 32.
Fritz von Ostini, Aus Carl Spitzwegs Welt, Barmen 1924, p. 45.
Max von Boehn, Carl Spitzweg, 4th ed., Bielefeld/Leipzig 1937, illu. p. 20.
Alois Elsen, Carl Spitzweg, Vienna 1948, p. 134, plate 79.
Siegfried Wichmann, Carl Spitzweg: Der Nachtwächter. Dokumentation, Starnberg-Munich, R.f.v.u.a.K., 1986, p. 26 (with color illustration), Bavarian State Library, Munich, inventory no. Ana 656 SW 26.
Siegfried Wichmann, Carl Spitzweg: Kunst, Kosten und Konflikte, Frankfurt/Berlin, 1991, p. 314, no. 419.
Im Kinsky, Vienna, Auction 93, 19th-Century Paintings, Nov. 13, 2012, lot 152 (with color illustration).
Ketterer Kunst, Munich, Auction 508, 19th-Century Art, Dec. 12, 2020, lot 304 (with color illustration).
