Carl Ludwig HACKERT (1740-1796). View of the Chamouny valley - Lot 304

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Carl Ludwig HACKERT (1740-1796). View of the Chamouny valley - Lot 304
Carl Ludwig HACKERT (1740-1796). View of the Chamouny valley near Argentière Etching with watercolor highlights on laid paper, signed and dated 1780 in the plate. 48 x 49.5 (the sheet). Folds Framed (frame dimensions: 69 x 57 cm). Large view engraved with etching, aquatint and watercolor at the time. It depicts the plain of Argentière with the church in the center, the tongue of the Argentière glacier and Mont-Blanc in the background. People and a goat in the foreground. Carl Ludwig Hackert (Prenzlau 1740-Morges 1796) was a German-born artist who settled in Switzerland. He is famous for his watercolor views of Switzerland. Mont-Blanc conquest of the imagination, pp. 40-43 - Mont-Blanc in early engravings p. 29
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