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Carl Spitzweg

5th February 1808 – 23th September 1885

Carl Spitzweg was born on 5th of February in 1808 in Unterpfaffenhofen, Bavaria. Although trained as a chemist, he discovered quite early his talent for drawing and his affinity with art. Spitzweg travelled extensively during his lifetime and the impressions formed by his travels greatly influenced his work. Shortly after completing his studies in pharmaceutics in 1832, he visited Italy. It was particularly in the cities of Florence, Rome, and Naples that he discovered the many significant works of Western culture which were to leave a permanent imprint on him.

A severe case of dysentery in 1833 strengthened his resolve to abandon his career as a chemist and he proceeded to commit himself solely to his painting. In June 1835, he became a member of the Munich Art Association and travelled that same year to southern Tirol with the landscape painter Eduard Schleich, the Elder.

In 1839 he completed his first painting entitled ''The Poor Poet'. Although this recurring motif would later be considered his most well-known body of work, the painting was not accepted at this time by the jury of the Munich Art Association.

As regards his graphic production, the first publication in 1844 of his own illustrations in the Munich weekly paper 'Fliegende Blätter' is considered quite significant. His visits to the Industrial Exposition in Paris and the World's Fair exhibition in London in 1851 were his first contact with the Oriental scenes which would begin to inform his work.

To the deserving painter were bestowed numerous honours during the second half of Spitzweg's lifetime: in 1865 the Bavarian Royal Merit Order of St. Michael was conferred upon him, and in 1875 he was named an honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts.

Carl Spitzweg died on 23th of September in 1885 and was entombed in the historic South Cemetery in Munich.

He leaves behind a body of work dedicated to the townspeople who inhibit his genre scenes, and with acute and pointed, but never ill-natured humour he portrays the everday bourgeois life of his time.

Lit: Siegfried Wichmann, Carl Spitzweg. Verzeichnis der Werke, Gemälde und Aquarelle, Stuttgart: Belser, 2002.

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Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023 Jewellery
1150 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Victorian garnet ring
William Gibson & John Langman, Birmingham 1887. Yellow gold 18k. Smooth, upright rectangular front, set with one ...
hammer price: 300,- EUR
(starting price: 180,- EUR)
1151 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Belle Époque spider brooch with tiger's eye and orient pearl
France around 1890. Yellow gold 18k (tested) and silver (tested). Naturalistic spider, body set with a tiger's eye ...
starting price: 500,- EUR
1152 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Victorian snake necklace with garnet
England 1888. Yellow gold 18k (pendant, tested) and 14k (chain, tested). Round snake links, on the front a round ...
hammer price: 650,- EUR
(starting price: 150,- EUR)
1153 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Bucherer cat pendant brooch
Lucerne 1980s. Yellow gold 18k. Stylised cat couple, set with two rhodonite cabochons (H 12,7, W ...
hammer price: 250,- EUR
(starting price: 250,- EUR)
1154 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Smoky quartz pendant weighing over 21 carats on pullover chain
Germany resp. Friedrich Binder, Mönsheim (chain) around 1970. Yellow gold 8k. Braided chain. High oval, laterally ...
hammer price: 200,- EUR
(starting price: 200,- EUR)
1155 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Vintage ring with smoky quartz
Franz Breuning, Pforzheim 1970s. Yellow gold 14k. Slightly elevated, laterally leave-shaped, openworked front, ...
hammer price: 220,- EUR
(starting price: 100,- EUR)
1156 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Smoky quartz ring with diamonds
Germany around 1980. Yellow gold 18k. Convex, elevated front, centrally set with a high oval chessboard-cut smoky ...
hammer price: 550,- EUR
(starting price: 250,- EUR)
1157 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Vintage citrine pendant on chain
Germany mid 20th C. Yellow gold 14k (pendant) and 8k (chain). Curb link necklace. Openworked bail with a ...
hammer price: 240,- EUR
(starting price: 200,- EUR)
1158 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Antique-like citrine ring
Germany 1930s. Yellow gold 14k. Elevated, openworked front with decoration in granulate and filigree style, centrally ...
hammer price: 200,- EUR
(starting price: 200,- EUR)
1159 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Monogram ring «M» with diamonds
Germany early 20th C. Yellow gold 14k. Smooth ring band widening towards the top, centrally set on the ...
hammer price: 650,- EUR
(starting price: 400,- EUR)
1160 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Fire opal ring with diamonds
Germany 1980s. Yellow gold 14k. Elevated, laterally openworked front, centrally set with one oval-cut fire opal ...
hammer price: 750,- EUR
(starting price: 650,- EUR)
1161 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Fire opal pendant with diamonds
Germany 1980s. Yellow gold 14k. High oval pendant, laterally openworked, centrally set with one oval-cut fire opal ...
hammer price: 900,- EUR
(starting price: 650,- EUR)
1162 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Two Biedermeier brooches with heart motif and flower basket
Germany around 1840. Red gold 14k (tested) and tombac, gilt. Florally curved, openworked bar brooch with heart-shaped ...
hammer price: 150,- EUR
(starting price: 150,- EUR)
1163 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Historism medallion pendant with opal
Wilhelm Müller, Berlin/Schwäbisch Gmünd around 1880. Yellow gold 14k. Engraved triangle bail, high oval front with ...
hammer price: 750,- EUR
(starting price: 750,- EUR)
1164 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Ring with agate cameo of a man
Germany 19th C. Yellow gold 14k. High oval front set with one cut agate cameo with a rococo portrait of a ...
hammer price: 260,- EUR
(starting price: 180,- EUR)
1165 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Biedermeier brooch with diamond roses
Germany around 1830. Yellow gold 14k (tested). Transverse oval front with arched framing and all-round rope band, in ...
hammer price: 330,- EUR
(starting price: 250,- EUR)
1166 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Gallant Meissen porcelain medallion with chain
Meissen 1774-1814 as well as Germany around 1840 (frame pendant) and Germany 20th C. (necklace). Yellow ...
hammer price: 450,- EUR
(starting price: 300,- EUR)
1167 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Opal necklace with diamonds
Early 20th C. Yellow gold 14k. Triple cable links, on the front a transverse oval pendant, centrally set ...
hammer price: 240,- EUR
(starting price: 220,- EUR)
1168 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Art Nouveau bangle with opals
England early 20th C. Yellow gold 9k. Openworked oval bangle with hinge, widening on the front into ...
hammer price: 260,- EUR
(starting price: 150,- EUR)
1169 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Victorian twelve-stone ring with opals
England around 1900. Yellow gold 18k. Almond-shaped front held by volutes, set with twelve white opal cabochons ...
hammer price: 500,- EUR
(starting price: 500,- EUR)
1170 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Vintage entourage ring with opal and diamonds
Germany 1970s. White gold 18k. High oval, slightly elevated and openworked front, centrally set with a white opal ...
hammer price: 450,- EUR
(starting price: 400,- EUR)
1171 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Diamond ring with opal in Art Déco style
Germany late 20th C. Platinum (tested). Diamond-shaped openworked front, centrally set with one white ...
hammer price: 500,- EUR
(starting price: 500,- EUR)
1172 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Entourage ring with opal and diamonds
Germany late 20th C. White gold 14k. High oval, openworked front set with a blue opal doublet weighing ...
hammer price: 300,- EUR
(starting price: 300,- EUR)
1173 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Band ring with blue topaz and diamonds
Germany 20th C. Yellow gold 18k. Slightly elevated front, centrally set with one old-european-cut blue ...
hammer price: 220,- EUR
(starting price: 180,- EUR)
1174 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Retro three stone ring with blue topazes
Germany 1930/40s. Yellow and white gold 14k. Elevated, transverse rectangular front with rounded corners, laterally ...
hammer price: 330,- EUR
(starting price: 180,- EUR)
1175 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Vintage blue topaz pendant on chain
Germany 1960s. Yellow gold 14k. Curb link chain. Narrow, drop-shaped, openworked pendant, set with three brilliant-cut ...
hammer price: 200,- EUR
(starting price: 200,- EUR)
1176 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Vintage blue topaz pendant with diamond on chain
Germany resp. Friedrich Binder, Mönsheim (chain) 1960s. Yellow gold 14k. Foxtail chain. Ring-shaped pendant, crowned ...
hammer price: 260,- EUR
(starting price: 250,- EUR)
1177 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Vintage blue topaz bracelet
Germany 1960s. Yellow gold 14k. All-round alternating double ring links and round links set with seven brilliant-cut ...
hammer price: 500,- EUR
(starting price: 250,- EUR)
1178 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Collection of three blue topazes in heart- and emerald-cut
Late 20th C. Consisting of a heart-cut topaz weighing approx. 11,19 carats, a heart-cut ...
hammer price: 250,- EUR
(starting price: 250,- EUR)
1179 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023)
Collection of three blue topazes in emerald- and oval-cut
Late 20th C. Consisting of an emerald-cut topaz weighing approx. 22,76 carats, an ...
hammer price: 250,- EUR
(starting price: 250,- EUR)
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