Vue de la chute du torrent de Gelten by Caspar Wolf

Hand-colored print of a waterfall, goats on a mountain path, rushing torrent and distant peak, with French dedication text.

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Vue de la chute du torrent de Gelten, Caspar Wolf (1785), The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Via artnap.com

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This hand-colored print shows a waterfall pouring from a rock face onto a narrow path where goats walk beside a wooden railing, with a torrent churning through rocks below and a distant mountain peak rising into pale clouds. The inscription beneath the view reads 'Vue de la chute du torrent de Gelten' and carries a dedication to Prince Albert of Saxony, with the engraver credited as Deicrauth.

Date

1785

Medium

Color aquatint, etching, and engraving

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

License

CC0