Antique Print-OPTICAL PRINT-ALEXANDER THE GREAT-PORUS-Burnacini-Setlezky-ca.1770

‘”Gespr?ch Alexanders und Porus. Colloquium Alexandri et Pori (? same text in Italian and French)”.’

Etching / engraving, hand coloured on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 41 x 28 cm. (16,1 x 11 inch). Image size: 41 x 28 cm. (16,1 x 11 inch).

This attractive print was published in Augsburg, in Negotium Academiae, ca.1770. 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 ‘Balthazar Sigismond Setlezky’ after ‘Lodovico Burnacini’. Balthazar Sigismond Setlezky, (1695-1774). Lodovico Burnacini (1636-1707) was an architect and set-designer. Born in Mantua, died in Vienna. Worked with Giovanni Burnacini, his father and teacher. Active in Vienna, 1652.

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

Keywords: OPTICAL PRINT-ARMYCAMP-ARMYTENTS-ALEXANDER THE GREAT-PORUS-SOLDIERS-GOD OF WAR -CHARIOT

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