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Vue de la chute du torrent de Gelten

After Caspar Wolf Swiss
Publisher Rudolph Samuel Henzi Swiss
1785
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Vue de la chute du torrent de Gelten
  • Artist: Charles Melchior Descourtis (French, Paris 1753–1820 Paris)
  • Artist: After Caspar Wolf (Swiss, Muri 1735–1783 Heidelberg)
  • Publisher: Rudolph Samuel Henzi (Swiss, Bern 1732–1803 The Hague)
  • Date: 1785
  • Medium: Color aquatint, etching, and engraving
  • Dimensions: Image: 12 7/8 in. × 9 in. (32.7 × 22.9 cm)
    Sheet: 16 7/8 × 10 11/16 in. (42.9 × 27.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1969
  • Object Number: 69.574.17
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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