Name: Antique Master Print-SWISS-ALPS-GROSS-BREIT-OBER-HORN-Descourtis-Wolf-c.1785
SKU: PICTURA-06259
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Antique Master Print-SWISS-ALPS-GROSS-BREIT-OBER-HORN-Descourtis-Wolf-c.1785

€395.00

‘VUE DU GROSS-HORN ET DU BREIT-HORN AVEC LE PETIT LAC D?OBER-HORN. DEDIEE A S.A.S. MARIE CHARLOTTE, DUCHESSE DE SAXE GOTHA, NEE DUCHESSE DE SAXE MEININGEN.’

– A serene Alpine landscape featuring a mountain lake with figures in the foreground enjoying the view, accompanied by a dog. The towering, snow-covered peaks of the Gross-Horn and Breit-Horn rise in the background.

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Description

Medium: Color aquatint with handcoloring on hand-laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 41.2 x 31.8 cm (16.22 x 12.52 inch). Image size: 33.5 x 28.7 cm. (13.19 x 11.3 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, but colors remain bright and well-preserved. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

SWISS ALPS, ALPINE LANDSCAPE, GROSS-HORN, BREIT-HORN, OBER-HORN LAKE, MOUNTAIN SCENERY, HAND-COLORED ENGRAVING, 18TH-CENTURY PRINTS, LANDSCAPE ART, WOLFF, DESCOURTIS | MAPS-FOREIGN

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published as part of a noble commission, dedicated to Marie Charlotte, Duchess of Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Meiningen.

Biography engraver: Charles-Melchior Descourtis (1753-1820) was a French engraver active in Paris, known for his aquatints, particularly of scenic landscapes and views commissioned for noble patrons.

Biography artist: Caspar Wolf (1735-1783) was a Swiss painter, known mostly for his dramatic paintings of the Alps. He was strongly influenced by Albrecht von Haller’s poems on the Alps, and the Sturm und Drang movement. After 1773 Wolf mostly painted glaciers, caves, waterfalls and gorges.