Unweit Visp in Wallis / Thomas Platters Geburts Ort, 1799

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series Title

Six Swiss Views

Medium

etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 15.2 x 20.5 cm (6 x 8 1/16 in.)

sheet: 20.2 x 25.7 cm (7 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Andresen 1870 Andresen 1870, no. 5

Accession Number

2009.81.2

Artists / Makers

Ludwig Hess (artist) Swiss, 1760 - 1800

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: L. Hess 1799; lower center in plate: Umweit Visp in Wallis / Thomas Platters Geburts Ort; by later hand, in graphite on mount: 2481b / .9

Provenance

Johann Nepomuk Seiler (1793 - 1876) (not in Lugt). (sale, Karl & Faber, Munich, 27 May 2009, no. 133); (Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 2009 by NGA.

Associated Names

Karl und Faber
Mendez, Christopher
Seiler, Johann Nepomuk

Bibliography

1870: Andresen, Andreas. Handbuch für Kupferstichsammler. Leipzig, 1870 - 1873: no. 5