The Cascade Of Staubbach
Represented work of art
Artist
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm
Material
Dimensions0.235 x 0.172 (9 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches)
Subject
Inscription
- Watermark GR; Signed and dated 1768 and extensively inscribed in French on the reverse; The inscription on the reverse reads: Vue de la Cascade du Staubach, dans la Vallee de/Lauterbrunn au Canton de Berne/C" est un torrent, qui apres avoir traverse des Prairies and des Forets se precipite d"un/Rocher presque perpendiculaire and fort haut. Au bas du Rocher il y a une partie plus avancee, sur laquelle, le Ruisseau tombe, la Repulsion des eaux causee (par)/la est si forte, que l"eau en est dispersee en petites Goutes come une Plye fine ce/qui a donne occasion au nom de Staubach (Ruisseau de Poussiere). /Au Comencement De l"ete le Soleil done sur cette Chute d"eau reduite en/Pluye and y forme l"gris annoncee dans le Dessein. Ce Phenomene ne se/voit point dans les autres Saisons dated l"annee, la vallee etant tres etroite and le So (1)/donnant qu"une heurne, and en Hiver presque point du tout. Les Gouttes d"eau/dispersees se rassemblent dans un Ruisseaux considerable apelle Pletschbach/A cota du Staubach il y a d"autres petits Ruissaux tombants du Rocher. /En Hiver Cette Cascade se gele and forme un Cone de Glace qui est horrible/a Voir, and S"etend toujours de plus en plus justqu"au de son degel
Provenance
- Anonymous sale, Christie's, 14 March 1978 (109)
Photographic source
Object FormatPhotographic Print
Photograph Source
A.C. Cooper Studio
Negative Number900376
Archival context
Object numberPA-F07960-0009
Archival context
- Fonds:Paul Mellon Centre Photographic Archive
- Series:Artists, A–Z
- Folder:Foreign landscapes, A-Z
- Item:The Cascade Of Staubbach
ClassificationsArchival Document
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