Carl Spitzweg
(1808-1885)
Türken in einem Kaffeehaus,
um 1855
Material / Technology / Carrier
Öl auf Leinwand
Dimensions of the object
41,7 x 52,7 cm
Displayed
Sammlung Schack Saal 10
Acquisition
1863 durch Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack erworben
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München
Citation
Carl Spitzweg, Türken in einem Kaffeehaus, um 1855, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/Qr4DwR3GpE (Last updated on 19.06.2023)
Turkish subjects fascinated Spitzweg, although he never set foot in the eastern Mediterranean region. He did see people of Eastern origin in Venice and in 1851 in London, when visiting The Great Exhibition. The studies he made there formed the basis of paintings like this. Spitzweg sold the picture in 1863 to Schack, who travelled widely in Turkey and the Middle East and was an expert on more than one Oriental culture.
