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Carl Spitzweg
Vor der Stadt, Um 1837-1840.
Oil onn paper, lamianted on cardboard
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000

 
$ 46,800 - 70,200

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117
Carl Spitzweg
Vor der Stadt, Um 1837-1840.
Oil onn paper, lamianted on cardboard
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000

 
$ 46,800 - 70,200

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Carl Spitzweg
1808 - 1885

Vor der Stadt. Um 1837-1840.
Oil onn paper, lamianted on cardboard.
With the estate stamp on the reverse. 23,9 23.9 x 29.6 cm (9.4 x 11.6 in). [KA].

• A romantic landscape composition with a striking narrative quality.
• A virtuoso depiction of sky and light that attests to Spitzweg’s status as a master colorist.
• The motif of a stroll is one of the most popular themes in Spitzweg’s oeuvre.
• Spitzweg’s paintings are part of the most important German collections of 19th-century art, including the Neue Pinakothek in Munich, the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin, and the State Art Collections in Dresden
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PROVENANCE: F. Stein Collection, Munich.
Private collection (since 1905, Hugo Helbing, Munich).
Rudolf von Gutmann Collection, Vienna (since ca. 1908, Artaria & Compagnie, Vienna; with the label on the reverse).
In the family's possession ever since.

LITERATURE: Siegfried Wichmann, Carl Spitzweg. Verzeichnis der Werke. Gemälde und Aquarelle, Stuttgart 2002, no. 320 (illustrated in b/w on p. 204).
Günther Roennefahrt, Carl Spitzweg. Beschreibendes Verzeichnis seiner Gemälde, Ölstudien und Aquarelle, Munich 1960, CR no. 929 (illustrated in b/w).
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Hugo Helbing, München, Sammlung Bankdirektor F. Stein, München, aus dem Nachlass des Herrn K. Hofrat, K. Obermedizinalrat Professor Dr. Albert Hilger, Munich, sowie aus anderem Besitze Aquarelle, Handzeichnungen und Ölgemälde hervorragendster neuerer Meister, June 20, 1905, cat. no. 550 (illustrated in b/w on p. 132).

Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 13.22 h +/- 20 min.





Buyer's premium and taxation for Carl Spitzweg "Vor der Stadt"
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Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.

Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.

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