Falls of Schaffhausen
c. 1784
Artist, French, 1753 - 1820
Artist After, German, 1758 - 1833
Artist After, Swiss, 1756 - 1824
Charles-Melchior Descourtis after Friedrich Rosenberg after Johann Heinrich Troll
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and wash manner printed in blue, red, yellow, and black inks
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Credit Line
Gift of Ivan E. and Winifred Phillips, in memory of Neil Phillips
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Dimensions
plate: 32.2 x 44.8 cm (12 11/16 x 17 5/8 in.)
overall (outer framing line): 23.6 x 32.4 cm (9 5/16 x 12 3/4 in.) -
Accession Number
2002.14.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Jan Johnson, Montreal); purchased 2001 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2003
Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004, no. 43, as Falls at Schaffhausen.
Bibliography
2003
Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2003-2004: no. 43.
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: Troll. del: Rosenberg pinx; lower right inplate: Descourtis sculp.; lower center in plate: LEOPOLDO II AUSTRIACO / Imperatori Semper August Regi Apostolico / Hanc Rheni...Liber Cives Bernensis; lower left in plate: Chalco graphia Hentziana
Wikidata ID
Q76337359