The Flute Recital 1860

"The Flute Recital" (1860) by Carl Spitzweg portrays a romantic scene in a wooded clearing. A man in a brown coat and white trousers sits beside a woman dressed in pink and white, playing a flute. Spitzweg's painting captures a fleeting moment of intimacy and musical enjoyment, reflecting the artist's characteristic focus on everyday life and the simple pleasures of German Romanticism. The work is currently housed in the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne, Germany.