Spanisches Ständchen,

um 1856

Material / Technology / Carrier

Öl auf Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

67,8 x 53,3 cm

Displayed

Sammlung Schack Saal 10

Department

19. Jahrhundert

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

11560

Acquisition

1864 durch Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack erworben

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München

Citation

Carl Spitzweg, Spanisches Ständchen, um 1856, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/ZKGPQPd4gA (Last updated on 19.06.2023)

Eight musicians have gathered by moonlight to perform a serenade in a southern European town. The woman they are playing for stands on the balcony above them. Spitzweg titled the painting Spanish Serenade. Schack went further, seeing a connection with the serenade sung at the beginning of Rossini¿s Barber of Seville. However, neither setting nor figures correspond exactly to the scene and characters in the opera.