Dorfgasse mit Nachtwächter

1883

not on display
Carl Spitzweg1808 München – 1885 München
We have 4 artworks by Carl Spitzweg online.
We have 1824 paintings online.
Presumably the painting 'Nachtwächter d[ur]ch Dorf gehend' [English: Night watchman walking through the village] noted in Spitzweg's list of sales on 17 December 1883. The impasto application of paint and the open compositional form correspond to the painter's late style.
Also known as
Village Lane with Night Guard
Medium
Oil on cardboard
Dimensions
image: 18 x 22 cm
Inventory number
712
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, Bequest of Schulthess-von Meiss, 1898