Carl Spitzweg - Two sketchbooks containing studies of flowers
Carl Spitzweg
Two sketchbooks containing studies of flowers
Pencil.
Each drawing bearing the Spitzweg stamp.
The smaller sketchbook contains 9 botanical drawings. With the exception of a grape cluster, these are exclusively native flowering plants such as violets, carnations, honeysuckle and thistles.
The second, slightly larger sketchbook contains 12 drawings, including various varieties of rose, a tulip, phlox and a nasturtium tendril.
In these two sketchbooks.
Carl Spitzweg demonstrates another side to his artistic output, namely a sober and precise talent for observation that follows in the tradition of botanical illustrations.
Provenance
From an extensive private German collection.
Carl Spitzweg
Two sketchbooks containing studies of flowers
Pencil.
Each drawing bearing the Spitzweg stamp.
The smaller sketchbook contains 9 botanical drawings. With the exception of a grape cluster, these are exclusively native flowering plants such as violets, carnations, honeysuckle and thistles.
The second, slightly larger sketchbook contains 12 drawings, including various varieties of rose, a tulip, phlox and a nasturtium tendril.
In these two sketchbooks.
Carl Spitzweg demonstrates another side to his artistic output, namely a sober and precise talent for observation that follows in the tradition of botanical illustrations.
Provenance
From an extensive private German collection.
