Vue de la Chute d l'Arve près de Salenche (View of the Arve Falls near Salenche)

 

Cornelis Apostool

  1762 - 1844

1791 (based on a drawing from 1785) 

hand watercolored etching 

12 1/16 x 18" image and paper size 

unsigned - margins removed 

not applicable - scarce 

margin with title removed 

 

heavy antique-white laid 

before the figures are added on the bridge. 

 

24716 

$750.00 

An on-line description of this work states: "This etching enhanced with color was published in England in 1791 based on a drawing made by Cornelis Apostool in 1785. He trained as a painter and draftsman and worked notably for Albanis-Beaumont. Dutch, he also continued his career as a diplomat and then [first] director of the Royal Museum in Amsterdam." "This image is the only one known which bears witness to his trip to Chamonix. It represents the fall of the Arve. This place is located between Passy and Cedde, at the entrance to the valley...The artist represents the river with its strong flow and tumultuous course, surrounded by the the high rocky escarpments punctuated by a few trees and shrubs. In the foreground a small, relatively basic bridge allows you to cross the river." "The landscape is animated by the presence of a hunter with his dog. The man is recognizable by his high boots, his hat, his long coat and his bag slung over his shoulder, but above all by his rifle and the dead rabbit placed next to him."