Print Description
‘Vue de la place de Montecavallo a Rome.’
Etching / engraving, hand coloured on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 42 x 31 cm. (16,5 x 12,2 inch). Image size: 41,5 x 31 cm. (16,3 x 12,2 inch).
This attractive print was published in Augsburg around 1750 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 ‘Gottfroid Eichler’ after ‘Jean Barbault ‘. Gottfroid Eichler (1715-1770) the younger was an engraver, active in Augsburg, Germany; son of Gottfried the Elder. Jean Barbault (1705-1766), was a French painter and engraver, who resided some time at Rome. As a painter he is little known, but he etched a set of prints of ‘Les plus beaux Monuments de Rome ancienne,’ as well as two other series of archaeological plates.
Condition: Good, given age. 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-ROME-ITALY-SQUARE MONTECAVALLO-QUIRINAL-HOUSE OF POPE-ANTIQUE MARBLE SCULPTURE PEOPLE-HORSES-DOGS
RBOS-T.20-Large
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