Vue du Schild-Wald-Bach, Prise Enhiver (View of Schild-Wald Bach, from the Vues remarquables des montagnes des la Suisse )

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Charles Melchior Descourtis

Title

Vue du Schild-Wald-Bach, Prise Enhiver (View of Schild-Wald Bach, from the Vues remarquables des montagnes des la Suisse )

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1773–1820

Medium

Color aquatint with etching and engraving in black ink on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Lettered, lower left: "Wolf pinx"; lower right: "Decourtis Sculp."; below image: "Vue du Schild-Wald-Bach. Prife en Hyver/ Dediee a Mr.Van der Goes , Sgr. de Dirxland, envoye extraordinaire de la Republique d'hollande aupres de sa Majeste le Roi de Danemarck/ Imp par Gayant/ Par son tres humble ami et serviteur R.bentzi

Dimensions

Image: 32.5 × 22.6 cm (12 13/16 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 45 × 31.2 cm (17 3/4 × 12 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edward C. Porter

Reference Number

1964.372

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