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Optical view of the Palace of Versailles (France)
XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving on laid paper heightened with watercolor at that time engraved by G.G. Winckler. Published by Georg Balthasar Probst in Augsburg circa 1760

18th Century optical view in original watercolors of the Palace of Versailles (France)
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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 : 33.0 x 44.0 cm
  • Plate : 27.0 x 40.0 cm
  • Inventory N° : FR-03208
600€
(Frame not included)
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  • Passepartout included
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Original title

Vüe du Chateau de Versailles, du côté de la Terrasse vis à vis la Chapelle - Prospetto del Castello di Versaglie della parte di Terreno dirimpetto della Capella - Gesicht des Schlosses zu Versalien, von Seiten des Gartens der Capelle gegen über - Prospectus Castelli Versaliensis, at latus hortense ex adverso Sacelli

Mentions

  • Median fol. N°22
  • G.G. Winckler Sculps.
  • Cum Gratia et Privilegio Sac : Caes : Majestatis
  • Georg Balthasar Probst, excud. A.V.

Description

XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving on laid paper heightened with watercolor at that time engraved by G.G. Winckler. Published by Georg Balthasar Probst in Augsburg circa 1760, depicting a view of the Palace of Versailles (France).

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 cardboard

Palace of Versailles

The Palace of Versailles is located in Versailles, in the Yvelines, in France. It was the residence of the kings of France Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI. The king and the court resided there permanently from May 6, 1682 to October 6, 1789, with the exception of the years of the Regency from 1715 to 1723. Located southwest of Paris, this castle and its estate aimed to glorify the French monarchy.

The park of the Palace of Versailles covers 815 ha, compared to around 8,000 ha before the French Revolution, including 93 ha of gardens. It includes many elements, including the Petit and the Grand Trianon (which was also the residence of Napoleon I, Louis XVIII, Charles X, Louis-Philippe I, and Napoleon III), the Queen's hamlet, the Grand and the Petit Canal , a menagerie, an orangery and the Swiss pond.

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 Vüe du Chateau de Versailles, du côté de la Terrasse vis à vis la Chapelle - Prospetto del Castello di Versaglie della parte di Terreno dirimpetto della Capella - Gesicht des Schlosses zu Versalien, von Seiten des Gartens der Capelle gegen über - Prospectus Castelli Versaliensis, at latus hortense ex adverso Sacelli 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.

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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