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Optical view of Constantinople - Byzantium - Istanbul (Turkey)
XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving on laid paper with watermark heightened with watercolor at that time. Published by Louis-Joseph Mondhare in Paris circa 1770

18th Century optical view in original watercolors of Constantinople - Byzantium - Istanbul (Turkey)
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177018th Century
  • Date : circa 1770
  • Century : 18th Century
  • Period : Louis XV
  • Technique : Strong water etching
  • Paper : Laid paper
  • Publisher : Louis-Joseph Mondhare
  • Place of publication : Paris
  • Passepartout : 50.0 x 65.0 cm
  • Sheet : 34.0 x 49.0 cm
  • Plate : 29.0 x 43.0 cm
  • Inventory N° : FR-03005
500€
(Frame not included)
  • Certificate of authenticity
  • Passepartout included
  • Portfolio exacompta
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Original title

Vue de la grande cavalcade du Grand Seigneur lorsque sa Hautesse paroit en public à Constantinople

Mentions

A Paris chez Mondhare rue S. Jacques a l'Hotel Saumur

Description

XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving on laid paper with watermark heightened with watercolor at that time. Published by Louis-Joseph Mondhare in Paris circa 1770, depicting a view of Constantinople - Byzantium - Istanbul (Turkey).

During the 18th Century, several renowned establishments in Paris, London (England), Augsburg (Germany) and Bassano (Italy) were specialized in the creation of these optical views. They could be viewed alone or through a zograscope, a wooden foot surmounted by a lens which enlarged the image and accentuated the perspective effect. They could also be placed in optical boxes, the spectator then looked inside the box through the lens. This distraction was greatly appreciated in the 18th Century in the salons of the bourgeoisie and the nobility as in the countryside thanks to the hawkers.

These etchings are nowadays exhibited in museums around the world and extremely appreciated by collectors and decorators for their historical interest and their high decorative value.

Condition report

Very good state

This strong water etching is listed in these categories :

Constantinople

After a violent earthquake, on February 9, 790, which also devastated Thrace, Constantinople and its empire knew four centuries of prosperity thanks to the Europe-Asia trade and resisted numerous invasions (Avars, Slavs, Arabs, Vikings, etc.) until 'in 1204, when the fourth crusade was diverted towards Constantinople. The plunder of Constantinople by the crusaders robbed the city of the riches accumulated over the centuries. The city and the empire permanently lost their commercial resources to the benefit of the Venetians and the Genoese, and the empire split into three states: the despotate of Epirus, the empire of Nicea and the empire of Trebizond.

Named Byzantium during Antiquity, it took the name of Constantinople when it became the second capital of the Roman Empire under Constantine (330).

The Optical View

The Galerie Napoléon is pleased to propose to you this strong water etching printed 254 years ago (around 1770).

As for all the antique prints in our catalogue, this optical view Vue de la grande cavalcade du Grand Seigneur lorsque sa Hautesse paroit en public à Constantinople datant de 1770 is dispatched worldwide within 24H in a Secured packaging, accompanied by its certificate of authenticity guaranteeing the name of the artists (draughtsman, engraver, editor), the impression process used (Strong water) and its date (1770).

In order to guarantee a perfect conservation in time, this strong water etching is dispatched, ready to be framed, under museum quality color passepartout (manufactured without acid in the pulp for a neutral pH) on a cream mountboard made from carton bois (also acid free & neutral pH), in a luxurious portfolio.

History of the Optical views

At the apogee of the mode for optical views, between 1750 and 1790, four European cities specialized in their edition: Paris (France), London (England), Augsburg (Germany) and Bassano (Italy).

Optical views are prized in very different social circles : pleasant recreation in aristocratic salons, the views are admired in beautiful and richly decorated optical boxes which are real works of art. The show was transformed into a real scientific experiment. But the optical views also entertained the people who were in a hurry when a hawker set up a box on a market and began to narrate the extraordinary events that had taken place in a more or less distant and inaccessible country.

There are three categories in the production of optical views.

  • Topographic views: Cities, Monuments, Ports, Distant regions, reproduced with more or less accuracy, depending on the documents available to the engraver. It is obvious that the authors of these prints had not seen these territories. They therefore recomposed these landscapes by compiling various engravings and drawings, which explains many fantasies.
  • The historical scenes : Inaugurations, Coronations, Battles, Fires or Natural disasters form a subject that the people are fond of.
  • Views with a religious or moralizing theme. For educational value, these prints were mainly produced by Parisian publishers in the rue Saint-Jacques.

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In addition to thousands of impassioned of antique prints throughout the world, the Galerie Napoléon is honoured to count among its customers : national archives, museums, historical monuments and important home designer companies. All attracted by the extraordinary diversity of its catalogue and the quality and speed of its services.

This experience allows us to guarantee to each one of our customers the authenticity of the antiques in our catalogue and the shipment of their orders within 24 hours.

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