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Optical view of Place des Vosges in Paris (France)
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 Place des Vosges in Paris (France)
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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 : 26.0 x 46.0 cm
  • Plate : 23.0 x 43.0 cm
  • Inventory N° : FR-03580
450€
(Frame not included)
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Original title

Vue Perspective de la Place Royal à Paris où est posée la statue Equestre de Louis 13.

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 Place des Vosges in Paris (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

Very good state

This strong water etching is listed in these categories :

Place Royale

Place Royale, whose construction began in 1605 during the reign of Henri IV on the site of the Hôtel des Tournelles, was inaugurated in 1612, on the occasion of the engagement of Louis XIII and Anne of Austria by a large carousel led by Antoine de Pluvinel, King's Principal Squire.

The center of the square, flat, sanded, clear, is used for cavalcades, tournaments and sometimes also duels, some of which are remained famous, like the one that cost François de Montmorency's life in 1627.

The novelty of Place Royale in 1612 is that the facades were all built on the same model, probably by Jean Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau, of red bricks with bands of stones on arched arches which rest on square pillars. The steep blue slate roofs are pierced with small-paned dormers above the pediment dormers which stand on the ledges. Two pavilions provide access to the square by triple arches.

An equestrian statue of Louis XIII commissioned by Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, produced by Pierre II Biard, inaugurated in 1639 was destroyed during the French Revolution.

After being renamed several times, it was renamed in 1800, Place des Vosges .

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 Perspective de la Place Royal à Paris où est posée la statue Equestre de Louis 13. 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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