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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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Grossé band ring with coral
Pforzheim 1972. Yellow gold 14k. Wide ring band, centrally set with a Sardegna coral. Hallmark, manufacturer's mark and date stamp.
Ring size 63.
Founded in 1907 by Heinrich Henkel and Florentin Grosse, the company experienced the beginning of the heyday of fashion jewellery and worked with Lanvin, Schiaparelli, Harrods, Saks and many other famous names in the fashion world. Probably the most important and best-known collaboration, however, only began in 1955: Until the beginning of the 21st century, Henkel & Grosse created jewellery for the house of Dior. At the same time, the company had its own jewellery collections, including this ring.
This object has been made from material of a protected species and is subject to certain trade restrictions due to the current CITES regulations. Unrestricted trade is only permitted within the EU. An export to third countries is currently not possible. 
Grossé Bandring mit Koralle
Pforzheim 1972. GG
Das im Jahr 1907 von Heinrich Henkel und Florentin Grosse gegründete Unternehmen, erlebte den Beginn der Blütezeit des Modeschmucks und arbeitete mit Lanvin, Schiaparelli, Harrods, Saks und vielen weiteren bekannten Größen der Modewelt zusammen. Die wohl wichtigste und bekannteste Kollaboration begann jedoch erst 1955: Bis zum Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts fertigte Henkel & Grosse Schmuckstücke für das Haus Dior an. Parallel dazu bestanden eigene Schmuckkollektionen, zu der auch der vorliegende Ring zu zählen ist.
Dieses Objekt wurde aus Material einer geschützten Art gefertigt und unterliegt aufgrund der aktuellen CITES Bestimmungen gewissen Handelsrestriktionen. Ein uneingeschränkter Handel ist nur innerhalb der EU erlaubt. Ein Export in Drittländer ist zurzeit nicht möglich.