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Optical view of Mannheim - Paradeplatz (Germany)
XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving on laid paper with watermark heightened with watercolor at that time. Published by Académie Impériale d'Empire des Arts libereaux in Augsburg circa 1760

18th Century optical view in original watercolors of Mannheim - Paradeplatz (Germany)
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176018th Century
  • Date : circa 1760
  • Century : 18th Century
  • Period : Louis XV
  • Technique : Strong water etching
  • Paper : Laid paper
  • Publisher : Académie Impériale d\'Empire des Arts libereaux
  • Place of publication : Augsbourg
  • Passepartout : 50.0 x 65.0 cm
  • Sheet : 30.0 x 39.0 cm
  • Plate : 29.0 x 36.0 cm
  • Inventory N° : FR-03493
600€
(Frame not included)
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Original title

Prospect des Parade u des Promenade Plazes zu Manheim nebst des Mauth Post und Wirthshausses genannt der Pfalzische Hof - Vue de la Place d'Armes et de la Promenade a Manheim avec la Douane, la Poste aux lettres et la Cour Palatine.

Mentions

Se vend a Augsbourg au Negoce comun de l'Academie imperiale d'Empire des Arts libereaux avec Privilege de sa Majesté Imperiale et avec Défense ni d'en faire ni de vendre les copies.

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 Académie Impériale d'Empire des Arts libereaux in Augsburg circa 1760, depicting a view of Mannheim - Paradeplatz (Germany).

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

Foxing spots

This strong water etching is listed in these categories :

Grupello Pyramid

The Paradeplatz is a central square in the center of Mannheim. It takes its name from the historical fact that it was used for the parades of troops in the time of the Electors.

In the middle of the square is the Grupello Pyramid built in 1743. This was done in 1711 by Gabriel Grupello for the elector Johann Wilhelm. It represents an allegory of the triumph of princely virtues over vice and the unveiling of truth through time. At the base of the pyramid, there are four allegorical representations at the corners:

Justice, represented by voter Johann Wilhelm; Caution, with a mirror as a sign of self-knowledge; Temperature; Bravery, with sword in right hand and chains in left hand.

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 Prospect des Parade u des Promenade Plazes zu Manheim nebst des Mauth Post und Wirthshausses genannt der Pfalzische Hof - Vue de la Place d'Armes et de la Promenade a Manheim avec la Douane, la Poste aux lettres et la Cour Palatine. 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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