‘AU SIMPLON. HIMELY GRAVE PAR (1801?1872) D?APR?S MLL. ROSE D?OSTERVALD (1795?1831). PARIS, PUBLIE PAR RITTNER, 1829.’

– A richly colored Alpine winter scene featuring a couple with a dog walking past a timbered chalet nestled in a snow-covered mountain pass. A wooden bridge crosses a frozen stream in the foreground, with soft mountain silhouettes behind.

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Description

Medium: Aquatint etching with hand coloring on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 20 x 14.5 cm (7.87 x 5.71 inch). Image size: 20 x 14.5 cm. (7.87 x 5.71 inch).

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

SWISS CHALET, SIMPLON PASS, OBERLAND BERNOIS, ALPINE LANDSCAPE, HIMELY, ROSE D’OSTERVALD, AQUATINT, 19TH CENTURY SWITZERLAND, MOUNTAIN SCENE, SNOWY ALPS | PCO-E30-43

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From the series Douze Chalets Suisses de l’Oberland Bernois, published by Rittner, Paris, 1829.

Biography engraver: Jean-Christophe Himely (1801-1872) was a Swiss-French engraver known for finely executed aquatints of landscapes and topographical views. Active in Paris, he collaborated on several series featuring Swiss scenery.

Biography artist: Marie Rose d’Ostervald (1795-1831) was a Swiss female artist from Neuch?tel, known for her watercolors and romanticized alpine scenes. She was one of the few published female artists of the period.