SPITZWEG, CARLMunich 1808 - 1885
Title: "Mann mit hohem Hut (Der Reiseführer)" [Man with a high hat (The travel guide)].
Oil study.
Date: Ca. 1832-34.
Technique: Oil on paper.
Mounting: Laid down on card.
Measurement: 21 x 12.5cm.
Frame: Framed.
Literature:
S. Wichmann: Carl Spitzweg. Verzeichnis der Werke: Gemälde und Aquarelle, Stuttgart 2002, p. 144, no. 120. Here with additional details to literature and provenance.
Wichmann points out that the present work does not correspond to the painting listed in Roennefahrt as no. 1494 as incorrectly stated on the frame.
Provenance:
Auction Weinmüller, Munich 29./30.06.1977, no. 1634;
Private ownership, Germany.
Carl Spitzweg 
