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Carl Spitzweg

35 works

Carl Spitzweg (1808-1885) was a German painter of the Biedermeier period, known for gently humorous small scenes such as The Poor Poet and The Bookworm. Read more

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Man in dark coat and peaked cap reads a small book at sunset above a hazy landscape with shrubs and cabbages.

Reading the Breviary, The Evening

1845

Painting of a town facade with a young man at an upper window and two women at a lower window reading a letter among flowers.

The intercepted love letter

1855

Children fly kites on an open brown field beneath a pale blue sky, with a church spire and town skyline on the horizon.

Flying kites

1880

Painting of a gilded Justitia statue with scales and sword on a stone staircase, a uniformed guard in the street beyond.

Justitia

1857

Old bespectacled man in a brown robe bending over a glass globe in a dim room with a fireplace and bellows.

The alchemist

1837

Painting of a forest path with a stone cross on a rock base among tall trees, with hills and sky in the distance.

Das Kreuz im Walde

Small painting of a man in a dark coat walking with a dog along a sunlit forest path beside a wooden fence.

Samstag-Nachmittag (Dorfpfarrers Morgenspaziergang)

1865

Night street scene with armed watchmen carrying a lantern through an archway, a lone guard gesturing on stone steps.

Die Scharwache

1871

Painter with palette studies a seated sitter in a cluttered wood-panelled studio, with an assistant and easel nearby.

Der Porträtmaler

1852

Night street scene of musicians serenading a woman on a lit balcony beside a stone building and church tower.

Spanish Serenade

1856

Man in a red coat kneels in a rocky cave, examining a stone in his hand beside a walking stick and satchel.

The Geologist

1860

Painting of a lone man in a top hat on a dirt path, with strollers, a bench, hills and trees in a loose landscape.

The Old Bachelor

1846

Painting of a woman with a basket walking a path through a deep alpine valley between steep dark cliffs under a blue sky.

In the Alpine High Valley (Landscape with Mt. Wendelstein)

1871

Man in dark coat stands by a window in a sunlit room, looking up while holding a quill beside a wooden desk.

Der Schreiber

1880

Painting of a hermit reading on a bench outside a rustic hut, with two white rabbits on the path beneath foliage.

The Hermit in front of His Retreat

1844

Painting of a group of dressed figures picnicking on grass beneath large trees, with a man in a top hat gesturing.

Das Picknick

1864

Man in dark coat and hat bending toward pink roses by a fence on a dirt path at dusk.

The Rose Lover

1847

Painting of a solitary man in a top hat on a stone bench, with two women walking past classical statues in a shady garden.

The Widower

1844

Painting of two men in a sunlit garden with a small dog, agave plant, whitewashed house and a carriage on a hill.

Childhood Friends

1855

Painting of women on a beach by white bathing huts, with chalk cliffs, a boat, and cottages above the sea under clouds.

Woman bath in Dieppe I

1857

Painting of a bearded poet reading in a cluttered attic with a green stove, hanging umbrella and stacked books.

The poor poet

1837

Painting of a man with spectacles and a butterfly net in a lush tropical forest, with two large blue butterflies on a path.

Der Schmetterlingsjäger

1840

Painting of villagers in traditional dress walking a sunny hillside path toward a distant church tower under cloudy sky.

The Path to the Church

1862

Painting of a uniformed sentinel with a dog on a grassy ledge beside a ruined wall, below a steep misty mountain.

Austrian Sentinel

1859

Painting of a sunlit tavern courtyard with patrons under a vine pergola, chickens on the ground, and sailboat sails behind.

Old tavern near Starnberger See

1865

An elderly man reads a book while standing on a library ladder surrounded by tall bookshelves and an ornate ceiling.

The Bookworm

1851

Woman with a basket on her head and a pail walks a forest path beside a white goat under tall trees.

Girl with Goat

1860

Painting of a kneeling hermit in a grey robe roasting chickens on a spit before a thatched hut in the forest.

Eremit, chickens frying

1841

Pencil sketch of a barefoot man in a shirt standing in a room with a desk, chair, bed and wall clock.

Der Dichter im Hemd an seinem Schreibpult

Pencil sketch of a seated woman by a canopied bed with a plant, plus small studies of women and handwritten notes.

Mädchen am Fenster, einen Blumenstock umarmend, darüber Skizzen zweier Mädchen

Pencil drawing of tall trees by a water bank, with a church spire and village rooftops on the distant left horizon.

Landschaft mit Bäumen am Wasser, in der Ferne der Turm einer Dorfkirche

Pencil drawing of a leafless tree with a gnarled trunk and spreading branches, with a wooden fence at the lower right.

Boomstudie

1818

Carl Spitzweg (1808-1885) was a German painter of the Biedermeier period, known for gently humorous small scenes such as The Poor Poet and The Bookworm. Browse 35 works by Carl Spitzweg from 17 museums, free to download in HD.