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Optical view of Theatre of Marcellus in Rome (Italy)
XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving on laid paper with watermark heightened with watercolor at that time. Circa 1766

18th Century optical view in original watercolors of Theatre of Marcellus in Rome (Italy)
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176618th Century
  • Date : circa 1766
  • Century : 18th Century
  • Period : Louis XV
  • Technique : Strong water etching
  • Paper : Laid paper
  • Publisher : s.n.
  • Passepartout : 35.0 x 50.0 cm
  • Sheet : 26.0 x 40.0 cm
  • Plate : 24.0 x 38.0 cm
  • Inventory N° : FR-03604
400€
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Original title

Vue du fameux Theâtre de Marcelluz a Rome.

Mentions

Publishd according to Act of Parliament 1766.

Description

XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving on laid paper with watermark heightened with watercolor at that time. Circa 1766, depicting a view of Theatre of Marcellus in 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.

Museums & Archives

The Bibliothèque nationale de France owns a copy of this optical view in its collections. For more details on this print please consult the site : Vue du fameux theâtre de marcelluz a rome.

Condition report

A restoration in the upper left angle

This strong water etching is listed in these categories :

Architecture

The travertine facade has three orders, the lower two with arches framed by an order of Doric half-columns on the ground floor and Ionic on the upper part. Originally, there were 41 arches and 42 half-columns. The attic on the third floor, of which only a few traces remain, was rather a continuous wall and was decorated with Corinthian pilasters. The keys to the arch were decorated with large white marble theater masks, some of which were found during the excavations. The original height was to reach around 32.60 meters.

The Optical View

The Galerie Napoléon is pleased to propose to you this strong water etching printed 258 years ago (around 1766).

As for all the antique prints in our catalogue, this optical view Vue du fameux Theâtre de Marcelluz a Rome. datant de 1766 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 (1766).

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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