Galerie
Napoléon
- Paris - Collection of the Optical Views

Optical view of Tullianum - Mamertine Prison - Rome (Italy)
XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving on laid paper heightened with watercolor at that time. Published by Basset in Paris circa 1760

18th Century optical view in original watercolors of Tullianum - Mamertine Prison - Rome (Italy)
Free Passepartout (available in 23 shades)
  • 201
  • 202
  • 203
  • 204
  • 205
  • 206
  • 207
  • 208
  • 209
  • 210
  • 211
  • 212
  • 213
  • 214
  • 215
  • 216
  • 217
  • 218
  • 219
  • 220
  • 221
  • 222
  • 223
176018th Century
  • Date : circa 1760
  • Century : 18th Century
  • Period : Louis XV
  • Technique : Strong water etching
  • Paper : Laid paper
  • Publisher : Basset
  • Place of publication : Paris
  • Passepartout : 50.0 x 65.0 cm
  • Sheet : 28.0 x 36.0 cm
  • Plate : 25.0 x 34.0 cm
  • Inventory N° : FR-03521
400€
(Frame not included)
  • Certificate of authenticity
  • Passepartout included
  • Portfolio exacompta
  • Free shipping costs
  • Shipment within 24H
  • Online tracking

Original title

Vue de la Prison de St. Pierre de Rome

Description

XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving on laid paper heightened with watercolor at that time. Published by Basset in Paris circa 1760, depicting a view of Tullianum - Mamertine Prison - Rome (Italy).

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

  • A restored tear in the lower left angle
  • Fold mark in the lower right angle

This strong water etching is listed in these categories :

Tullianum

According to tradition, this prison in Rome was dug at the foot of the Capitol in the 7th century BC. AD, during the reign of Ancus Marcius. This prison was enlarged by Servius Tullius who gave him his name. It was further enlarged under Tiberius. The name Mamertine prison dates from the Middle Ages.

This place was not only used for detention, but also for execution.

According to Christian tradition, it was also there that the apostles Peter and Paul were detained.

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 Vue de la Prison de St. Pierre de Rome 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.

Our Guarantee

With more than 20 years experience and a catalogue of more than 40.000 antique prints, drawings and historical documents dating from the 14th to the 19th century, the Galerie Napoléon, parisian antique dealer's gallery, is one of the world references in the field of antique prints,etchings and antique graphic arts.

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.

Free customization

Customize for free the color of your museum quality bevel cut edge passepartout (acid free & neutral pH) among a color chart of 23 shades.
This option will be offered to you free of charge in the cart.

  • 201
  • 202
  • 203
  • 204
  • 205
  • 206
  • 207
  • 208
  • 209
  • 210
  • 211
  • 212
  • 213
  • 214
  • 215
  • 216
  • 217
  • 218
  • 219
  • 220
  • 221
  • 222
  • 223

Secured shipment

All our antiques can be shipped worldwide. The orders are dispatched within 24H in a secured packaging.

The Galerie Napoléon offers free shipping for all orders over 50EUR for France, 70EUR for all EU destinations and 90EUR for worldwide destinations.

For orders below these amounts, the shipping costs are 8EUR for France, 12EUR for all EU destinations and 17EUR for worldwide destinations.

Secured payment

  • Credit card secured by Paybox, european leader in the online payment (CB, Visa, Eurocard/Mastercard)
  • PayPal (American Express,..)
  • European bank transfer SEPA (IBAN/BIC/SWIFT)
  • Bank check (drawn on a french bank)
  • Invoice payment (Reserved for european public entities : Museums, National Archives, Ministries, Town Halls ...)

Related artworks

Galerie Napoléon

Ancient Rome

Optical view of ancient Rome (Italy) | XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving on laid paper heightened with watercolor at that time. Published by Lachaussée, Daumont & Basset in Paris circa 1770

Optical view of ancient Rome (Italy)

XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving on laid paper heightened with watercolor at that time. Published by Lachaussée, Daumont & Basset in Paris circa 1770
Optical view of ancient Rome | XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving on laid paper heightened with watercolor at that time. Published by Jean-François Daumont in Paris circa 1760

Optical view of ancient Rome

XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving on laid paper heightened with watercolor at that time. Published by Jean-François Daumont in Paris circa 1760
Optical view of colonnaded hall and statues of ancient Rome | XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving on laid paper heightened with watercolor at that time after Piranesi. Published by Jean-François Daumont in Paris circa 1760

Optical view of colonnaded hall and statues of ancient Rome

XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving on laid paper heightened with watercolor at that time after Piranesi. Published by Jean-François Daumont in Paris circa 1760
Optical view ofan obelisk of ancient Rome | Early XIXth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving heightened with watercolor at that time. Circa 1800

Optical view ofan obelisk of ancient Rome

Early XIXth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving heightened with watercolor at that time. Circa 1800
Optical view of ancient Rome (Italy) | 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

Optical view of ancient Rome (Italy)

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

Prison

Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1790 - Use of the Vincennes prison | Portrait of Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794) | Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 20 Novembre 1790

Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1790 - Use of the Vincennes prison | Portrait of Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794)

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 20 Novembre 1790
Decree - French Revolution - 1793 - Exchange of prisoners of war | Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Drouet d'Erlon (1765-1844) | Decree N°1988 of the National Convention dated 15 Frimaire, l'An 2 de la République Française, une et indivisible (1793)

Decree - French Revolution - 1793 - Exchange of prisoners of war | Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Drouet d'Erlon (1765-1844)

Decree N°1988 of the National Convention dated 15 Frimaire, l'An 2 de la République Française, une et indivisible (1793)
Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Prisoners of war | Portrait of Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794) | Decree N°1972 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 3 Août 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté

Decree - French Revolution - 1792 - Prisoners of war | Portrait of Camille Desmoulins (1760-1794)

Decree N°1972 of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 3 Août 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté
Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Prisoner transport costs | National Motto of France - Liberty | Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 2 Mars 1791

Decree - Louis XVI of France - 1791 - Prisoner transport costs | National Motto of France - Liberty

Decree of the National Assembly with a large woodcut vignette dated 2 Mars 1791
Napoleon - The Consulate - 1801 - Châteaubriant - Provision of Bread for the Prisoners | Historical Document on laid watermarked paper dated 1801 (2 Ventose An IX), biography and antique print of Louis Nicolas Davout

Napoleon - The Consulate - 1801 - Châteaubriant - Provision of Bread for the Prisoners

Historical Document on laid watermarked paper dated 1801 (2 Ventose An IX), biography and antique print of Louis Nicolas Davout
Optical view of the Royal Prison of Madrid (Spain) | XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving on laid paper with watermark heightened with watercolor at that time. Published by Jacques-Gabriel Huquier in Paris circa 1760

Optical view of the Royal Prison of Madrid (Spain)

XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving on laid paper with watermark heightened with watercolor at that time. Published by Jacques-Gabriel Huquier in Paris circa 1760

Tullianum

Optical view of Tullianum - Mamertine Prison - Rome (Italy) | 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

Optical view of Tullianum - Mamertine Prison - Rome (Italy)

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
Ancient Rome - Tullianum - Mamertine Prison - Roman Forum - Forum Romanum (Italy) | Original steel engraving drawn by Linton, engraved by Finden. 1855

Ancient Rome - Tullianum - Mamertine Prison - Roman Forum - Forum Romanum (Italy)

Original steel engraving drawn by Linton, engraved by Finden. 1855

Jail

Historical Document on Parchment - Reign of Henry IV of France - 1596 - The French Wars of Religion - Jailer | Historical handwritten document dated September 14th, 1596 and Costume of Jailer, an original steel engraving drawn by Gerlier

Historical Document on Parchment - Reign of Henry IV of France - 1596 - The French Wars of Religion - Jailer

Historical handwritten document dated September 14th, 1596 and Costume of Jailer, an original steel engraving drawn by Gerlier
French Fashion History - Costumes of Paris - 15th Century - XVth Century - Guard - Jailer - Jailor (1490) | Original steel engraving drawn by Gerlier, engraved by Beudet. Original hand-colored. 1878

French Fashion History - Costumes of Paris - 15th Century - XVth Century - Guard - Jailer - Jailor (1490)

Original steel engraving drawn by Gerlier, engraved by Beudet. Original hand-colored. 1878
Historical Document on Parchment - Reign of Henry IV of France - 1596 - The French Wars of Religion - Jailer | Historical handwritten document dated September 14th, 1596 and Costume of Jailer, an original steel engraving drawn by Gerlier

Historical Document on Parchment - Reign of Henry IV of France - 1596 - The French Wars of Religion - Jailer

Historical handwritten document dated September 14th, 1596 and Costume of Jailer, an original steel engraving drawn by Gerlier
Torquato Tasso in jail - Italian Poet - Eugène Delacroix | Original lithography drawn by A. Deveria after Eugène Delacroix, lithographed by Frey. 1833

Torquato Tasso in jail - Italian Poet - Eugène Delacroix

Original lithography drawn by A. Deveria after Eugène Delacroix, lithographed by Frey. 1833
View of Jail of Philadelphia - Pennsylvania (United States) | Original steel engraving. Anonymous. Hand watercolored. 1837

View of Jail of Philadelphia - Pennsylvania (United States)

Original steel engraving. Anonymous. Hand watercolored. 1837
View of Jail of Philadelphia - Pennsylvania (United States) | Original steel engraving. Anonymous. 1837

View of Jail of Philadelphia - Pennsylvania (United States)

Original steel engraving. Anonymous. 1837