Carl Spitzweg (1808 – Munich – 1885). ”Auf der Alm (Zwei auf einer Felsnase sitzende Mädchen, links in der Talschlucht die Almhütte)”. Circa 1860 Oil on panel. 32 × 54,2 cm (12 ⅝ × 21 ⅜ in.). Signed in the lower left (circa 1875): S in the rhombus. Wichmann 1454 / Roennefahrt 372.– [3030] Provenance: Martin Schwab, Paris (1867 acquired from the artist acc. to his sales directory, no. 222) / J. P. Schneider art dealer, Frankfurt a.M. / Albert Ullmann, Frankfurt a. M. (1901 acquired from J. P. Schneider, until 1912) / Hedwig Ullmann, widow of the previous owner, Frankfurt a. M.–Melbourne / Paul Graupe, Paris (acquired in Jan. 1939 from Hedwig Ullmann) / Dr. Arthur Kauffmann, London (?) / Dr. Fritz Nathan, St. Gallen / Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired in March 1941 from Nathan, thence by descent to the present owner) Literature and illustration: Hermann Uhde-Bernays: Carl Spitzweg. Des Meisters Leben und Werk. Seine Bedeutung in der Geschichte der Münchener Kunst. Munich, 6th ed. 1920, p. 176, sales directory no. 222 („Sennerinnen, sitzend auf der Alm. Martin Schwab, Paris. 1867“) / Dr. Fritz Nathan. Zehn Jahre Tätigkeit in St. Gallen. 1946, with ill. („Dirndln auf der Alm“) / Siegfried Wichmann: Carl Spitzweg. Kunst, Kosten und Konflikte. Frankfurt a.M./Berlin 1991, p. 332 (sales directory, no. 222) The painting is offered in agreement with the heirs after Hedwig Ullmann.