Rheinstein – Trechtingshausen – Lasinsky, Johann Adolf (Simmern 1808 – Dusseldorf 1871). (Vautsberg Castle.) View over the Rhine with sailboat on Rheinstein Castle then reconstructed by Prince Frederick of Prussia. In front figure 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 29.2 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).
Offer no. 9,057 / EUR  228. (c. US$ 297.) + shipping

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