Kaub – Lasinsky, Johann Adolf (Simmern 1808 – Dusseldorf 1871). Vue de Caub et du Palatinat. View of Caub and Pfalzgrafenstein Castle. In front of the broad view of the place the customs castle on the rocks in the river. Above the vineyards the ruin of Gutenfels. On the street on our side three ramblers. 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. 22.8 x 30.9 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). – Pfalzgrafenstein Castle was built as toll castle by Emperor Louis the Bavarian in 1326.
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Also see View of Oberwesel and Schonburg Castle
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