Expertise: Prof. Dr. Wichmann, 26.3.1988, with note that the work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonne (2002) . Provenance: Estate of Carl Spitzweg. From the heirs of Spitzweg to the Schottenhammel. Ludwigs-Galerie auction, Munich, 25.10.1919, Lot 650. Munich private collection. Collection of Oscar Skaller, Berlin. Cassirer-Helbing auction, Berlin, 13.12.1927, Lot 37. North German private collection. Bangel auction, Frankfurt. Private collection, Zurich. Galerie Dobiaschofsky, Bern, 9.5.1988, Lot 739 (CHF 92 000). Acquired at the above auction. Swiss private collection. Roennefahrt, G.: Carl Spitzweg. Beschreibendes Verzeichnis seiner Gemälde, Ölstudien und Aquarelle. München 1960, No. 696 with ill. Wichmann, S.: Werkverzeichnistext, Starnberg, 26.3.1988, pp. 1-6. Wichmann, S.: Carl Spitzweg. Verzeichnis der Werke. Gemälde und Aquarelle, Stuttgart 2002, S. 403, No. 962 with erroneous colour ill