St. Goarshausen – Patersberg – Lasinsky, Johann Adolf (Simmern 1808 – Dusseldorf 1871). Ruines du Chateau dit Katz. Ruin Cat and St. Goarshausen. General view from the opposite bank. On the height Patersberg. At this side's bank several small boats with laundry women and cargo sailboats loading barrels and bales. 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. 22.7 x 29.2 cm.
In its nervous line conduct ahead of its time ,
unmistakably, and instantaneously 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).
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