Sale: 601 / Day Sale, Dec. 06. 2025 in Munich 
Lot 125001187
Lot 125001187
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125001187
Carl Spitzweg
Lesender Einsiedler mit Raben in einer Schlucht, Um 1830-1835.
Oil on cardboard, on canvas
Estimate:
€ 60,000 - 80,000
$ 69,600 - 92,800
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Carl Spitzweg
1808 - 1885
Lesender Einsiedler mit Raben in einer Schlucht. Um 1830-1835.
Oil on cardboard, on canvas.
With the signature paraphe in the lower right. 41.5 x 33.5 cm (16.3 x 13.1 in) [KA].
• Key motif: The hermit embodies the typical Spitzweg character—the quiet, aloof observer caught between humor and melancholy.
• Man as a seeker of spiritual freedom and self-sufficiency as a symbol of romantic introspection.
• Important early work featuring the poetic imagery that made Spitzweg famous.
We are grateful to Mr Detlef Rosenberger, who inspected the original work, for his kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Private collection H. in F. (until 1898: E.A. Fleischmann, Munich).
Max Fessler Collection, Pforzheim (until 1926: Rudolf Bangel, May 11, 1926).
H. Steinmeyer, Cologne (1927).
Private collection, southern Germany (probably acquired in the 1960s).
LITERATURE: Siegfried Wichmann, Carl Spitzweg. Catalog of Works. Paintings and Watercolors, Stuttgart 2002, no. 204 (with color illustration, p. 168).
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Rudolf Bangel, 1074th auction, Ausgewählte Werke der Malerei: u. a. die Privatgalerie Senator Max Fessler, Pforzheim; deutsche und französische Schule des XIX. und XX. Jahrhunderts, May 11, 1926, lot 140 (with illustration, plate 13).
E.A. Fleischmann, Munich, Auction 13, Freihändiger Verkauf, Verzeichniss der Gemälde moderner Meister aus dem Besitze des Herrn Rentner H. in F., September 28–October 7, 1898, lot 22.
1808 - 1885
Lesender Einsiedler mit Raben in einer Schlucht. Um 1830-1835.
Oil on cardboard, on canvas.
With the signature paraphe in the lower right. 41.5 x 33.5 cm (16.3 x 13.1 in) [KA].
• Key motif: The hermit embodies the typical Spitzweg character—the quiet, aloof observer caught between humor and melancholy.
• Man as a seeker of spiritual freedom and self-sufficiency as a symbol of romantic introspection.
• Important early work featuring the poetic imagery that made Spitzweg famous.
We are grateful to Mr Detlef Rosenberger, who inspected the original work, for his kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Private collection H. in F. (until 1898: E.A. Fleischmann, Munich).
Max Fessler Collection, Pforzheim (until 1926: Rudolf Bangel, May 11, 1926).
H. Steinmeyer, Cologne (1927).
Private collection, southern Germany (probably acquired in the 1960s).
LITERATURE: Siegfried Wichmann, Carl Spitzweg. Catalog of Works. Paintings and Watercolors, Stuttgart 2002, no. 204 (with color illustration, p. 168).
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Rudolf Bangel, 1074th auction, Ausgewählte Werke der Malerei: u. a. die Privatgalerie Senator Max Fessler, Pforzheim; deutsche und französische Schule des XIX. und XX. Jahrhunderts, May 11, 1926, lot 140 (with illustration, plate 13).
E.A. Fleischmann, Munich, Auction 13, Freihändiger Verkauf, Verzeichniss der Gemälde moderner Meister aus dem Besitze des Herrn Rentner H. in F., September 28–October 7, 1898, lot 22.
125001187
Carl Spitzweg
Lesender Einsiedler mit Raben in einer Schlucht, Um 1830-1835.
Oil on cardboard, on canvas
Estimate:
€ 60,000 - 80,000
$ 69,600 - 92,800
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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