Carl Spitzweg
Carl Spitzweg
1808 - 1885
Der Mondscheingeiger. Ende 1840s.
Oil on canvas.
With three estate stamps on the reverse of the canvas (Lugt 2307). 53 x 32 cm (20.8 x 12.5 in).
We are grateful to Mr. Detlef Rosenberger, who examined the original work, for his kind assistance. The work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné.
PROVENANCE: From the artist’s estate.
Neue Galerie Schönemann & Lampl, Munich (1927).
Hermann Abels, Cologne (1928).
Charles Hosmer Morse Collection, Munich/USA (presumably acquired from the above)
Private collection, Sweden (2022, Ketterer Kunst; inherited by the current owner).
EXHIBITION: Spitzweg exhibition, in collaboration with Hermann Uhde-Bernays, Neue Galerie Schönemann & Lampl, Munich, May/June 1927, no. 24 (titled here: “Ständchen, Geiger auf der Leiter” [Serenade, Fiddler on the Ladder]).
Meisterwerke deutscher Kunst, Kunstsalon Hermann Abels, Cologne, 1930 (with illu.).
LITERATURE: Günther Roennefahrt, Carl Spitzweg. Beschreibendes Verzeichnis seiner Gemälde, Ölstudien und Aquarelle, Munich 1960, CR no. 1077.
Der Cicerone, issue 20, 1928, p. 410 (with illustration).
Carl Spitzweg, ca. 1848, quoted from: Wichmann, p. 180
Carl Spitzweg
1808 - 1885
Der Mondscheingeiger. Ende 1840s.
Oil on canvas.
With three estate stamps on the reverse of the canvas (Lugt 2307). 53 x 32 cm (20.8 x 12.5 in).
We are grateful to Mr. Detlef Rosenberger, who examined the original work, for his kind assistance. The work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné.
PROVENANCE: From the artist’s estate.
Neue Galerie Schönemann & Lampl, Munich (1927).
Hermann Abels, Cologne (1928).
Charles Hosmer Morse Collection, Munich/USA (presumably acquired from the above)
Private collection, Sweden (2022, Ketterer Kunst; inherited by the current owner).
EXHIBITION: Spitzweg exhibition, in collaboration with Hermann Uhde-Bernays, Neue Galerie Schönemann & Lampl, Munich, May/June 1927, no. 24 (titled here: “Ständchen, Geiger auf der Leiter” [Serenade, Fiddler on the Ladder]).
Meisterwerke deutscher Kunst, Kunstsalon Hermann Abels, Cologne, 1930 (with illu.).
LITERATURE: Günther Roennefahrt, Carl Spitzweg. Beschreibendes Verzeichnis seiner Gemälde, Ölstudien und Aquarelle, Munich 1960, CR no. 1077.
Der Cicerone, issue 20, 1928, p. 410 (with illustration).
Carl Spitzweg, ca. 1848, quoted from: Wichmann, p. 180
