Niederwald – Rhinegau – Lasinsky, Johann Adolf (Simmern 1808 – Dusseldorf 1871). Le Temple sur le Niederwald. Temple on the Niederwald. View through the temple over the Rhine with islands and sailboats into the far distance. On both sides forest 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. 22.8 x 29 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). – In 1883 the National Monument of the war of 1870/71 with Johannes Schilling’s (1828-1910) Germania was unveiled.
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Also see View of Rudesheim and The Bromserburg at Rudesheim
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