Optical view of the Palace of the Myrtles in the Alhambra in Granada, 18th century
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Optical view of the Patio de los Arrayanes in the Alhambra in Granada. Original hand-colored engraving. French school of the 18th century (around 1750-60).
Optical views were very fashionable in the 18th century. They are engravings, mainly on copper plates, made to be viewed through an optical box (with inversion of the text and the image), which consisted of an inclined mirror and a large lens, in order to see the prints.
Medium/Technique: etching on wove paper with watermark, illuminated by hand at the time with watercolor.
Published by: Jacques-Gabriel Huquier in Paris circa 1760.
Technique: etching
Print dimensions 21 x 37.7 cms.
Good conservation.
This engraving represents the Patio de los Arrayanes of the Alhambra, although the image is resolved with such a lack of accuracy that it alters the proportions of the monument, a deformation that increases with the inclusion of the characters, of tiny size in relation to the real proportions of the courtyard.
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Optical view of the Patio de los Arrayanes in the Alhambra in Granada. Original hand-colored engraving. French school of the 18th century (around 1750-60).
Optical views were very fashionable in the 18th century. They are engravings, mainly on copper plates, made to be viewed through an optical box (with inversion of the text and the image), which consisted of an inclined mirror and a large lens, in order to see the prints.
Medium/Technique: etching on wove paper with watermark, illuminated by hand at the time with watercolor.
Published by: Jacques-Gabriel Huquier in Paris circa 1760.
Technique: etching
Print dimensions 21 x 37.7 cms.
Good conservation.
This engraving represents the Patio de los Arrayanes of the Alhambra, although the image is resolved with such a lack of accuracy that it alters the proportions of the monument, a deformation that increases with the inclusion of the characters, of tiny size in relation to the real proportions of the courtyard.