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About the Item
The Poor Poet
German School, early 20th century
after the original painting by Carl Spitzweg (c.1839)
inscribed verso
oil on board, framed
framed: 15.5 x 17.5 inches
board: 12 x 15 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: a few minor scuffs and scrapes but overall very good and sound condition
The painting depicts a poet in his poor garret room. The narrow room is illuminated by a small window on the left. On the right there are the rafters of the house roof, on which an umbrella hangs, to protect the sleeping area from the moisture dripping through the roof. The room door can be seen on the right edge of the painting. Opposite the door, on the left edge of the picture, there is a green tiled stove without fire. The poor poet has no bed: instead he lies on a mattress against the wall of the floor, in a dressing gown, with a sleeping hat on his head. On his knees he holds some pages of a manuscript with his left hand. With the fingers of his right hand he appears to be counting the meter of a poem. In front of the mattress, there are thick books and two boxes with an inkwell on them. On the spine of the upright book on the far right are the Latin words: Gradus ad Parnassum (German: Klassen zum Parnass), which is either the title of the main theoretical work published by the Austrian composer Johann Joseph Fux or, most likely, the instructions for writing Latin verses published by the Jesuit priest Paul Aler in Cologne in 1702. On the wall, the poet probably painted the meter of the hexameter in red. There is a candle in the bottle on the green tiled stove, next to it the wash bowl, and a towel hangs on a clothesline above it. A top hat hangs on the unheated stovepipe. There are sheets of paper in the furnace hole, which probably belong to the papers that lie in front of it, and which, also in Latin, are labeled Operum meorum fasciculum III (English: The third bundle of my works). There is also a single boot and a boot jack in front of the stove. To the left of the stove is a pot, the dressing gown is hanging on the wall next to it and the walking stick is leaning against the wall on the far left of the picture. Snow-covered roofs are seen behind the window, in an indication that it is cold. However, the poet is so poor that he remains in bed to keep himself warm. He can only heat himself if he burns his works.
- Creator:German School (German)
- Dimensions:Height: 15.5 in (39.37 cm)Width: 17.5 in (44.45 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Cirencester, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU509313261232
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