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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.547
People
Jean François Janinet, French (1752 - 1814)
After Caspar Wolf, Swiss (Muri, Switzerland 1735 - 1783 Heidelberg, Germany)
Title
Fall of the Tritt near the Iron Foundries at Oberhasli
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Chute de la tritt pres les fonderies de fer a Oberhasli
Alternate Title: Fall of the Tritt in the Mühlthal Valley, Switzerland
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1776
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/381414

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and wash manner printed in color
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 44.1 × 32 cm (17 3/8 × 12 5/8 in.)
image: 31.8 × 21.4 cm (12 1/2 × 8 7/16 in.)
sheet: 49.5 × 33.9 cm (19 1/2 × 13 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, below image: CHÛTE DE LA TRITT / Pres les Fonderies de Fer, a Oberhasli / Dédié à Monsieur le Chevalier Pierre / Premier Peintre du Roi & Directeur de son Académie de Peinture, Sculpture etc.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Possibly [Koller Auktionen, Zurich, September 28, 2018] sold; to Peter Soriano, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Peter F. Soriano ’81
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.547
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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