LORY (Mathias Gabriel). Cascade du Nant d'Arpenas. Paris, Didot, 1815. Watercolour aquatint, 19.5 x 27.5 cm, sheet under mat. Engraving taken from Voyage pittoresque aux Glaciers de Chamouni (1st edition). Some discreet spotting in the sky. Mathias Gabriel Lory (Bern 1784 - 1846), Swiss landscape painter, trained mainly with his father Gabriel Ludwig Lory, but also benefited from the advice of Maximilien de Meuron in Neuchâtel. He then divided his time between Berne and Nauchâtel, with periods in Berlin where he taught drawing and in Nice for health reasons. His style is fairly similar to that of his father, but his depiction of landscapes is more realistic. He is considered one of the best painters of the Alps, between Maximilien de Meuron and Alexandre Calame. The Lory father and son workshop produced a large number of prints that were sold throughout Europe.