CARL SPITZWEG (1808 Munich 1885) On the Alpine pasture. Oil on cigar box panel. With estate stamp lower right and on the reverse. 13 × 22.7 cm. Certificate: On the reverse with confirmation of authenticity by Karl Schönhammer, a nephew of Spitzweg, Munich, 20.12.1917. Provenance: - Private collection, North Germany. - Auction Lepke, Berlin, 20.5.1919, lot 117. - Hamburg collection, purchased in December 1919 (with the label on the reverse). - Auction Fischer, Lucerne, 17.–21.6.1952, lot 2114. - Private collection, Switzerland, for several generations. Literature: Günther Roennefahrt: Carl Spitzweg. Beschreibendes Verzeichnis seiner Gemälde, Ölstudien und Aquarelle, Munich 1960, p. 173, no. 376.