Engers – Bendorf – Urmitz – Lasinsky, Johann Adolf (Simmern 1808 – Dusseldorf 1871). (View of Engers.) General view from the other Rhine bank. Farther upstream Bendorf, far right on this bank Urmitz. Here resting couple, too. Boat decoration. Toned pen lithograph. Inscribed: (Recorded from nature and lithographed by J. A. Lasinsky 1828. / Frankfort a/M. C. Jügel.), title as above in German-French parallel text. 22.5 x 29.1 cm.
In its nervous line conduct ahead of its time ,
unmistakably, and promptly lithographed after own sketch, and thus “standing out highly advantageously from the leaves of much smaller size engraved after him by other artists … Lasinsky’s ‘sensibility, keenest power of observation, realistic study of nature, and talent for large wide landscapes’ have been praised” (Schulte). – Views of Engers are very rare .
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