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Optical view of the Ruins of the Great Temple in Palmyra (Syria)
XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving heightened with watercolor at that time engraved by Johann Jakob Stelzer. Published by Georg Balthasar Probst in Augsburg circa 1760

18th Century optical view in original watercolors of the Ruins of the Great Temple in Palmyra (Syria)
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176018th Century
  • Date : circa 1760
  • Century : 18th Century
  • Period : Louis XV
  • Technique : Strong water etching
  • Paper : Laid paper
  • Publisher : Georg Balthasar Probst
  • Place of publication : Augsbourg
  • Passepartout : 50.0 x 65.0 cm
  • Sheet : 36.0 x 49.0 cm
  • Plate : 30.0 x 39.0 cm
  • Inventory N° : FR-03035
600€
(Frame not included)
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Original title

Les Ruines du grand Temple dans Palmira du coté de l'Occid. - Ruinae magn: Templ. Palmirae, ab occidentem partem. - Le Rouine del grande Tempio di Palmira, della parte d'Occidente - Ruin des grossen Tempels zu Palmira, von der abend Seite.

Mentions

Median fol. N°20
Georg Balthasar Probst excud. Aug. Vind.

Description

XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving heightened with watercolor at that time engraved by Johann Jakob Stelzer. Published by Georg Balthasar Probst in Augsburg circa 1760, depicting a view of the Ruins of the Great Temple in Palmyra (Syria).

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

  • Applied on paper
  • Handwritten text on the reverse

This strong water etching is listed in these categories :

Ancient city of Palmyra

The entire archaeological site of Palmyra is located southwest of Tadmor, the current city of Palmyra

In 1751, an expedition to Syria was undertaken by the two archaeologists James Dawkins (1696 - 1766) and Robert Wood (1717 - 1771), in order to uncover the ruins of the ancient monuments of Palmyra.

The first archaeological excavations of the Palmyra site were carried out in 1753; the ruins are therefore buried. On this occasion, Robert Wood produced prints faithfully depicting all of the monuments but also an overview of the archaeological site. These views allow a first approach in the architectural identification of the ancient vestiges.

The Optical View

The Galerie Napoléon is pleased to propose to you this strong water etching printed 264 years ago (around 1760).

As for all the antique prints in our catalogue, this optical view Les Ruines du grand Temple dans Palmira du coté de l'Occid. - Ruinae magn: Templ. Palmirae, ab occidentem partem. - Le Rouine del grande Tempio di Palmira, della parte d'Occidente - Ruin des grossen Tempels zu Palmira, von der abend Seite. datant de 1760 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 (1760).

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.

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