CARL SPITZWEG (1808 Munich 1885) The birth of Christ (Adoration of the Magi). Circa 1845–50. Oil on canvas. With traces of estate stamp lower right. On the reverse with S in rhombus and estate stamp. 26.5 × 26.4 cm. Provenance: - Collection of Thomas von Saenger, Hamburg. - Auction Neumeister, Munich, 30.6.2010, lot 742. - European private collection. Exhibited: - Pfäffikon 2002 / Munich 2003, Carl Spitzweg - Reisen und Wandern in Europa und der Glückliche Winkel, Seedamm Kulturzentrum Pfäffikon, 22.9.2002–5.1.2003, Haus der Kunst München, 24.1.–4.5.2003, no. 204 (with the label on the reverse). - Winterthur 2020, Carl Spitzweg, Kunst Museum Winterthur, 29.2.–2.8.2020, no. 26. Literature: - Siegfried Wichmann: Carl Spitzweg. Verzeichnis der Werke - Gemälde und Aquarelle, Stuttgart 2002, p. 321 f., no. 683 (with ill. on p. 322). - Exh. cat. Carl Spitzweg - Reisen und Wandern in Europa und der Glückliche Winkel, ed. Christine Kopf, Dagmar Lutz, Daniela Tivig, Stuttgart 2002, p. 350, no. 204 (with ill on p. 351). - Exh. cat. Carl Spitzweg, ed. Konrad Bitterli, Andrea Lutz, David Schmidhauser, Winterthur 2020, p. 148, no. 26 (with ill.). * The full tax is charged on this item marked *, i.e. VAT is charged on the sum will be refunded to Purchasers providing a validly stamped export declaration.