Der Abschied,

um 1855

Material / Technology / Carrier

Öl auf Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

53,9 x 32 cm

Displayed

Sammlung Schack Saal 10

Department

19. Jahrhundert

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

11561

Acquisition

1864 durch Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack erworben

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München

Citation

Carl Spitzweg, Der Abschied, um 1855, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/OrLbdDq41V (Last updated on 19.06.2023)

It has just turned five o¿clock in the morning, and the coachman is waiting impatiently for the young man to take leave of his beloved. This and the other four paintings by Spitzweg in the Schack-Galerie are among the artist¿s best documented and best preserved: he entered them together with their buyer¿s name in his register of sales, and they have been spared later alterations. Together, they form a remarkable group of works, showing the painter at the height of his powers.