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Carl Spitzweg: career timeline

German · 1808–1885 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 120 of 209 lots (58% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Carl Spitzweg: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1830s1717$13.8kSign upOil
1840s2727$12.5kSign upOil
1850s2523$1.5kSign upDrawing
1860s2323$27.7kSign upOil
1870s2522$33.3kSign upOil
1880s11$5.1kSign upDrawing

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1830s 17 works

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17 of 17
Median
$13.8kSign up
Average
$50.8kSign up
Typical size
9 × 8 in (23 × 21 cm)
Mediums
Oil (9), Drawing (6), Watercolor (2)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (1)
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1840s 27 works

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27 of 27
Median
$12.5kSign up
Average
$38.1kSign up
Typical size
10 × 10 in (26 × 26 cm)
Mediums
Oil (13), Drawing (13), Watercolor (1)
Subjects
—
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…and 3 more works from this group in the full results list.

1850s 25 works

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23 of 25
Median
$1.5kSign up
Average
$31.5kSign up
Typical size
8.5 × 7.5 in (22 × 19 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (16), Oil (8), Other (1)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (1), Landscapes (1)
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…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

1860s 23 works

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23 of 23
Median
$27.7kSign up
Average
$64.4kSign up
Typical size
8.5 × 7.5 in (21 × 19 cm)
Mediums
Oil (18), Drawing (5)
Subjects
Landscapes (3), Rabbits (1)
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1870s 25 works

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22 of 25
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$33.3kSign up
Average
$48.3kSign up
Typical size
6.5 × 9 in (17 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Oil (25)
Subjects
Landscapes (2)
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…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

1880s 1 work

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1 of 1
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$5.1kSign up
Average
$5.1kSign up
Typical size
5.5 × 4 in (14 × 10 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

87 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 14 works

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14 of 14
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$2.7kSign up
Average
$4.9kSign up
Typical size
8.5 × 9.5 in (21 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (11), Oil (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1), Landscapes (1)
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…and 2 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 36 works

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33 of 36
Median
$7.4kSign up
Average
$26.5kSign up
Typical size
8.5 × 8.5 in (22 × 21 cm)
Mediums
Oil (18), Drawing (16), Other (1)
Subjects
Landscapes (5), Figures & portraits (4), Markets & villages (1)
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…and 24 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 37 works

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28 of 37
Median
$2.3kSign up
Average
$13.3kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 8.5 in (25 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (20), Oil (15), Watercolor (2)
Subjects
Landscapes (5), Figures & portraits (2), Markets & villages (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 25 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Carl Spitzweg auction results →