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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1240 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) White gold band ring with diamonds 2000s. White gold 18k. Wide, openworked front, set with 52 brilliant-cut diamonds weighing in total approx. | ||||
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1243 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) White gold diamond necklace Giovanni Mascheroni, Milan late | ||||
1244 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) White gold bangle with diamonds Germany 1990s. White gold 18k. Oval bangle with finely engraved, square links and hinge, the front set with 29 ... | starting price: 1800,- EUR | |||
1245 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) White gold alliance bracelet with diamonds weighing in total over 7 carats Early 21st C. White gold 14k. All-round movable square links, completely set with 48 brilliant-cut diamonds weighing ... | starting price: 5980,- EUR | |||
1246 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Bucherer croisé ring with diamonds Lucerne 1979. White gold 18k. Divided, laterally openworked front, centrally set with five brilliant-cut diamonds ... | starting price: 900,- EUR | |||
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1249 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Entourage ring with sapphire and diamonds Germany 21st C. Platinum 900. Slightly elevated, laterally openworked front, centrally set with a cushion-cut sapphire ... | ||||
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1251 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Diamond brooch «Sea of Flowers» with sapphire 21st C. White gold 18k. Front in the shape of a stylised sea anemone, centrally set with one oval-cut sapphire ... | starting price: 1850,- EUR | |||
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1254 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Entourage ring with cornflower blue sapphire and diamonds Germany 1980s. White gold 18k. Slightly elevated, laterally openworked front, centrally set with an oval-cut sapphire ... | ||||
1255 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Tennis bracelet with sapphires and diamonds Germany 21st C. White gold 18k. All-round movable, square links, alternately set with 56 brilliant-cut sapphires ... | ||||
1256 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Sapphire pendant with diamonds on chain Germany resp. Unoaerre, Arezzo (chain) early 21st C. White gold 18k (pendant) and white gold 14k (chain). Venetian ... | ||||
1257 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Pair of entourage ear studs with sapphires and diamonds Germany 1980s. White gold 14k. Ear studs centrally set with one brilliant-cut sapphire each, weighing in total approx. ... | starting price: 900,- EUR | |||
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1259 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Pair of Petite Fleur hoop earrings with sapphires and diamonds 2000s. White gold 18k. Half hoop earrings on french clip, flower-shaped front, centrally set with one oval-cut ... | ||||
1260 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Croisé ring with midnight blue sapphires and diamonds Germany late | starting price: 900,- EUR | |||
1261 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Vintage sapphire ring with diamonds Germany 1970s. White gold 14k. Elevated, ray-shaped front, centrally set with an oval-cut sapphire weighing | starting price: 250,- EUR | |||
1262 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Dragonfly pendant brooch with sapphires and diamonds Early 21st C. White gold 18k. Filigree openworked pendant brooch in the shape of a dragonfly, set with eight sapphire ... | ||||
1263 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Butterfly pendant brooch in Art Deco style Germany | starting price: 1600,- EUR | |||
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1265 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Platinum ring with cornflower-blue sapphire and diamonds Germany 21st C. Platinum 900. Elevated front, centrally set with one oval-cut Ceylon sapphire weighing | starting price: 5000,- EUR | |||
1266 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Sapphire ring with diamonds in Art Deco style Germany late | ||||
1267 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Croisé ring with sapphires and diamonds Goldschmied Kessenich, Basel 1979. White gold 18k (tested). Elevated, dividing front, set with two brilliant-cut ... | starting price: 1600,- EUR | |||
1268 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Rivière ring with sapphires and diamonds Germany 2000s. White gold 18k. Front alternately set with two brilliant-cut sapphires weighing in total approx. ... | starting price: 500,- EUR | |||
1269 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Diamond necklace «Summer Night's Ball» in Garland Style Juwelier Koch, Frankfurt a.M./Baden-Baden around 1900/10. Platinum and red gold 18k (tested). Cable links, front in ... |
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