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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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Chorale book manuscript
Handwritten manuscript. 174
Size 8°.
The book is a gift from the famous organ builder Johann Heinrich Silbermann (1727 - 1799) to his son Johann Friedrich Silbermann (1762 - 1805) on the occasion of his nomination as organist of the Strasbourg main church St. Thomas in June 1782. It was intended to accompany the liturgical chant, the individual chorales are notated as figured bass.
Charles-Marie Widor (1844 - 1937), is one of the great French organists and composers of the late 19th and early
Authentication: We would like to thank Prof. Dr. Marc Schaefer, organist and editor of the «Silbermann-Archiv», for the scientific advice via
Provenance: family of Silbermann heirs; private collection Southern Germany. 
Choralbuchmanuskript
Handschrift.
8°.
Das Buch ist ein Geschenk des bekannten Orgelbauers Johann Heinrich Silbermann (1727 - 1799) an seinen Sohn Johann Friedrich Silbermann (1762 - 1805) anlässlich dessen Ernennung zum Organisten der Straßburger Hauptkirche St. Thomas im Juni 1782. Es war für die Begleitung des Kirchengesangs durch die Orgel gedacht, die einzelnen Choräle sind als bezifferter Bass notiert.
Charles-Marie Widor (1844 - 1937), gehört zu den großen französischen Organisten und Komponisten des späten 19. bzw. frühen 20. Jahrhunderts. Als Freund der Familie Silbermann war er wesentlich an der Wiederentdeckung des «Silbermann-Archivs» beteiligt.
Authentifizierung: Wir danken Herrn Prof. Dr. Marc Schaefer, Organist und Herausgeber des «Silbermann-Archivs», für die wissenschaftliche Beratung via
Provenienz: Familie der Silbermann Erben; Privatsammlung Süddeutschland.