Bacharach – Lasinsky, Johann Adolf (Simmern 1808 – Dusseldorf 1871). (Ruin Stahleck.) Centre of Bacharach with church + St. Werner Chapel at the foot of Stahleck and amidst the vineyards. Toned pen lithograph. Inscribed: (Recorded from nature and lithographed by J. A. Lasinsky 1828. / Frankfort a/M. C. Jügel.), title as above in German-French parallel text. 23.4 x 28.7 cm.

In  its  nervous  line  conduct  ahead  of  its  time ,

unmistakably, and promptly lithographed after own sketch, and thus “standing out highly advantageously from the leaves of much smaller size engraved after him by other artists … Lasinsky’s ‘sensibility, keenest power of observation, realistic study of nature, and talent for large wide landscapes’ have been praised” (Schulte). The simultaneous depiction of the Werner Chapel additionally fascinating. For

“ Celebrated by the German romantic movement as embodiment of the elegiac ruin the Werner Chapel became the

most  precious  treasure  of  the  Middle  Rhine

… (and in its) moving antagonism of grace and decay, vulnerability and inertia it is irresistable till today ”

(Dieter Bartetzko in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of September 8, 2007).
Offer no. 9,064 / EUR  302. / export price EUR  287. (c. US$ 369.) + shipping

„ heute kam das Paket – vielen Dank für die excellente Verpackung. Das Bild ist wirklich sehr schön … Wir freuen uns auf Ihre (weitere) Nachricht. Herzliche Grüße aus F. “

(Herr + Frau T. C., 13. Mai 2002)