CARL SPITZWEG | Landscape with River

Karl Loreck, Munich (sale: Hugo Helbing, Munich, 6 October 1910, lot 98)
Henneberg collection, Zurich (purchased at the above sale; sale: Galerie Neupert, Zurich, 20-25 October 1919, lot 258)
Fritz Nathan, Zurich; thence by descent to the present owner

Munich, Haus der Kunst, Carl Spitzweg zum 100. Todestag, 1985-86, no. 677, illustrated in the catalogue

Gunther Roennefahrt, Carl Spitzweg. Beschreibendes Verzeichnis seiner Gemälde, Ölstudien und Aquarelle, Munich, 1960, p. 147, no. 63, catalogued & illustrated (as Landschaft mit Ruine) 
Siegfried Wichmann, Das Grosse Carl Spitzweg-Album, Herrsching, 1984, n.p, no. 165, catalogued & illustrated (as Landschaft mit Burgruine und einem dahinterliegenden Städtchen am See and dated circa 1878/80)
Siegfried Wichmann, Carl Spitzweg und die französischen Zeichner, exh. cat., Munich, Haus der Kunst, 1985, pp. 363 & 494, no. 677 (as Landschaft mit Burgruine and dated circa 1868-75)
Siegfried Wichmann, 'Carl Spitzweg. Die fränkische Landschaft um 1860-1875', Reihe für vergleichende und angewandte Kunstgeschichte (held in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich), Starnberg, 1995, p. 42, discussed & illustrated
Siegfried Wichmann, 'Carl Spitzweg. Ein Sommertag in Franken', Reihe für vergleichende und angewandte Kunstgeschichte (held in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich), Starnberg, 2000, p. 32
Siegfried Wichmann, Carl Spitzweg, Verzeichnis der Werke, Stuttgart, 2002, p. 516, no. 1419, catalogued & illustrated

The board is flat, even, and ensuring a stable support. Inspection under ultra-violet light reveals areas of uneven fluorescence due to old residual varnish which make the surface quite difficult to read. However, with the exception of some very finely applied in-painting addressing some craquelure in the centre of the upper framing edge, there is no other visible sign of retouching. This work appears to be in very good condition and is ready to hang. Presented in a gilt frame.
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Painted circa 1875.