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Charles-Melchior Descourtis after Friedrich Rosenberg after Johann Heinrich Troll

Falls of Schaffhausen, c. 1784

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Medium

etching and wash manner printed in blue, red, yellow, and black inks

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ivan E. and Winifred Phillips, in memory of Neil Phillips

Accession Number

2002.14.2

Artists / Makers

Charles-Melchior Descourtis (artist) French, 1753 - 1820

Friedrich Rosenberg (artist after) German, 1758 - 1833

Johann Heinrich Troll (artist after) Swiss, 1756 - 1824

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Inscription

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

Provenance

(Jan Johnson, Montreal); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Johnson, Jan

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.