‘SIGNED AND DATED IN THE PLATE LOWER LEFT: J. HEIDELOFF 1792’

– Hilly river landscape with rocks, a cascading stream or small waterfall, and two fishermen in the foreground; dense forest on the upper bank.

In stock

Description

Medium: Etching on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 19.5 x 14.3 cm (7.68 x 5.63 inch). Image size: 18.8 x 13.5 cm. (7.4 x 5.31 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, soiling and creasing. Remains of tape from attachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

HEIDELOFF, AUSTRIAN LANDSCAPE, WATERFALL, RIVER, FISHERMEN, ETCHING, 18TH-CENTURY PRINT | PCO-C49-11

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in Vienna, Austria.

Reference: Heller Andresen; British Museum 1917,1208.196.

Biography engraver: Joseph Heideloff II (1747-1830) was a German-Austrian landscape artist, draftsman, and etcher born in Mainz. After relocating to Vienna in 1770, he studied at the Vienna Academy and became a full member in 1781. Between 1793 and 1806, he produced numerous landscape and architectural views of Lower Austria.