‘SL IN WATER BELOW.’

– A tall waterfall cascades between cliffs with large trees above; two figures stand on rocks in the foreground, one gesturing towards the scene.

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Description

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 13 x 16.5 cm (5.12 x 6.5 inch). Image size: 11 x 14.5 cm. (4.33 x 5.71 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Crisp lines, minimal handling wear, light toning. Remains of paper on rear from atttachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

LANDSCAPE, WATERFALL, FIGURES, TREES, ROMANTIC, TOPOGRAPHY | PCO-E23-36

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

State: .

Provenance: Doublette der Albertina.

Biography engraver: Sauveur Legros (1754-1834) was a French poet, writer, painter, watercolourist, draughtsman and engraver who worked in the Austrian Netherlands (now Belgium). Sauveur Legros was born in Versailles in 1754. Orphaned, he left for Brussels in 1773, where he became the secretary of Prince Charles-Joseph de Ligne. He accompanied his master on his many trips, including Russia and the Crimea (in 1787), Paris (1789) and Vienna (1790). He is best known as a writer and poet. He was a pupil of the Abb? Delille in Paris. He was probably a pupil of Antoine Cardon (in Brussels) and Adam von Bartsch (in Vienna), with whom he collaborated. He is said to have been the teacher of Fran?ois Maleck de Werthenfels (1793-1849).