As you may already know, Spitzweg is a representative of Das Bierdermeier. This style you can catch in many beer stein mugs, and even in the Lobel figurine collections. They consist on the bucolic or pastoral scenes in deep reds and blended yellows on a dark background.
The characters are often depicted in a satirical way, often old people with wide-open eyes, and weird looking mouths. Their eyebrows are always weird-looking with a tense expression in them. The characters are always in-task, arguing, talking, in action.
From this description you could judge which paintings would be considered more satirical than others. One of them could be the Das Jagdunglück (The misfortune) and Aschermittwoch (Ash Wednesday). I personally do not like those, because they deviate a lot from The Bookworm, which is my all-time favorite and Der Ewige Hochzeiter.
Personally, however, I would have a hard time considering any Spitzweg horrible. Just performed in a different style.
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