Antique Print-OPTICAL PRINT-BIBLICAL-JACOB-JOSEPH-Probst -ca.1760

‘Iacobus venit in Aegyptum ad Iosephum filium’ (..in four languages)’.’

Etching / engraving, hand coloured on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 40,5 x 30,5 cm. (15,9 x 12 inch). Image size: 40,5 x 30,5 cm. (15,9 x 12 inch).

This attractive print was published in Augsburg, ca.1760. This is an optical print, also called ?vue optique? or ?vue d?optique?, which were made to be viewed through a Zograscope, or other devices of convex lens and mirrors, all of which produced an optical illusion of depth.

Made by ‘Anonymous’ after own design. Publisher: Georg Balthasar Probst (1732-1801) was a German artist, engraver and publisher in Augsburg, a major European publishing center in the 17th and 18th centuries. He produced architectural views of places around the world, including vues d’optique, which were published in various places during the last half of the 18th century, including Paris, Augsburg and London.

Condition: Good, given age. Light soiling. Trimmed to image. Attached to cardboard. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: OPTICAL PRINT-BIBLICAL SCENE-JACOB-JOSEPH-RELIGION-SHEEP-GOATS

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