Vue du Schild-Wald-Bach prise en Hyver

1785

Charles-Melchior Descourtis after Caspar Wolf

Associated Names
Charles-Melchior Descourtis

Artist, French, 1753 - 1820

Caspar Wolf

Artist After, Swiss, 1735 - 1783

The image shows a mountainous landscape with a high horizon featuring distant, snow-capped mountains. A waterfall flows down a sheer cliff into a forested area below. Rolling hills and mountains with snow are visible in the background. Two figures are depicted near the rocky landscape, offering scale. The sky is a mix of blues and grays with clouds. The color palette is naturalistic, contrasting warm and cool tones. Brushstrokes add texture and detail to rocks and water.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color etching and wash-manner engraving on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Morgan in Honor of Margaret Morgan Grasselli

  • Dimensions

    plate: 44.5 x 32 cm (17 1/2 x 12 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 48.2 x 33.5 cm (19 x 13 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.19.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1700), no. 7

  • Series Title

    Vues Remarquables des Montagnes de la Suisse dessinés et colorées d'apres Nature, avec leur Descriptions

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(August Laube, Zurich); purchased 2006 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1930

  • Inventaire du Fonds Français, Graveurs du XIIIe siècle. Paris, 1930 - 1977.

Inscriptions

recto: lower left in plate: Wolf Pinx.; lower right in plate: Descourtis Sculp.;lower center in plate: VUE DU SCHILD-WALD BACH / prise en Hyver / Dédié à Mr. Van der Goes, Sr. de Dirxland, Envoyé extraordinaire de la République d'hollande / auprès de Sa Majesté le Roi de Danemarck. / Par son très humble ami et serviteur R. Hentzl.; verso: at lower left in graphite in later hand: 130001

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q76337365

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