Ferdinand Kobell, “Wooden Bridge Over a Rocky Gorge”, 1778.

Ferdinand Kobell (1740–1799)

“Wooden Bridge Over a Rocky Gorge” (aka “Holzbrücke über einer Felsenschlucht”), 1778, the first plate in a suite of 6 etchings (Stengel 214–219), “Les Ponts” (“The Bridges”). The British Museum offers a view of the second plate from this series: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1879-1011-1257.

Etching with drypoint (regarding the use of drypoint in this print, see Stengel [1882], p. 147) on laid paper trimmed with a small margin around the platemark and backed with a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 15.1 x 22 cm; (plate/image borderline) 13.2 x 20.2 cm.

Inscribed in plate: (lower right on plank) “fer. Kobell/ 1778.”

Stengel 214 (Etienne Baron de Stengel 1822, “Catalogue Raisonné des Estampes de F. Kobell”, Nuremberg, Riegel & Wiesner, pp. 146–47, cat. no. 214).

Condition: a richly inked lifetime impression (based on the quality of line showing no sign of wear to the printing plate) with a small margin (approx. 1 cm) around the platemark and laid onto a support sheet of millennium quality washi paper. The sheet is in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or significant stains.

I am selling this outstanding etching that almost sparkles with crystal clear light and air for the total cost of AU$302 (currently US$204.36/EUR184.88/GBP155.68 at the time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$302) as this is my currency.

If you are interested in purchasing this very beautiful—possibly even magnificent!—etching, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.