Carl Spitzweg (German, 1808-1885)
Carl Spitzweg (German, 1808-1885)

Der Platzkommandant

Details
Carl Spitzweg (German, 1808-1885)
Der Platzkommandant
with studio stamp (on the reverse)
oil on board
8 7/8 x 7¾ in. (22.5 x 19.6 cm.)
Painted 1848-1850.
Provenance
by descent to Eugen Spitzweg, thence by descent to Wilhelm Spitzweg.
Anonymous sale; Börner, Leipzig, 16-18 March 1914, lot 779.
Anonymous sale; Karl & Faber, Munich, 7-8 December 1956, Lot 461.
Literature
S. Wichmann, 'Carl Spitzweg Verzeichnis der Werke Gemälde und Aquarelle', Stuttgart, 2002, p. 284, no. 558.
Exhibited
Berlin, Nationalgalerie, November-December 1886, No. 80, as 'Platzmajor, den Rapport entgegennehmend'.
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Spitzweg, 23 November 1985 - 2 February 1986, cat. no. 425.

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