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). • A moonlit scene in an excellent composition in typical silvery shades of blue. • The rooftop fiddler in love remains an important and recurring motif in Carl Spitzweg’s oeuvre well into the 1870s. • Its narrative and humorous qualities find playful expression here. • A variation on this motif is in the Schack Collection in Munich. 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, subsequently by descent within the family). Private collection, Sweden (acquired 2022, Ketterer Kunst; thence 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). "A violinist at night—just like in the old days!—Long shadows—points of light on the wall" Carl Spitzweg, ca. 1848, quoted from: Wichmann, p. 180 Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 15.36 h +/- 20 min.

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