Optical view of the Zarzuela Palace - Original antique engraving c. 1760
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Optical view of the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid - Original hand-colored engraving. French school of the 18th century (circa 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, hand-illuminated at the time with watercolor.
Published by: Jean-François Daumont in Paris circa 1760.
Print dimensions: 27 x 40 cms.
Good conservation.
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Optical view of the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid - Original hand-colored engraving. French school of the 18th century (circa 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, hand-illuminated at the time with watercolor.
Published by: Jean-François Daumont in Paris circa 1760.
Print dimensions: 27 x 40 cms.
Good conservation.