Mumm – Johannisberg – Lasinsky, Johann Adolf (Simmern 1808 – Dusseldorf 1871). Maison de Mr Mumm sur le Johannisberg. Mr. Mumm’s House on Mount Johannisberg. On the right Mumm’s House, on the left the palace, before vineyards with figures. 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 29.4 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). – Mumm's house a very rarely depicted locality .
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Also see View of Johannisberg/Winkel
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