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Optical view of Pope Pius VII entering Rome in 1814 (Italy)
Early XIXth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving heightened with watercolor at that time. Published in Augsburg circa 1820

19th Century optical view in original watercolors of Pope Pius VII entering Rome in 1814 (Italy)
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182019th Century
  • Date : circa 1820
  • Century : 19th Century
  • Period : Louis XVIII
  • Technique : Strong water etching
  • Paper : Vellum paper
  • Publisher : s.n.
  • Place of publication : Augsbourg
  • Passepartout : 35.0 x 50.0 cm
  • Sheet : 21.0 x 38.0 cm
  • Plate : 20.0 x 33.0 cm
  • Inventory N° : FR-03795
300€
(Frame not included)
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Original title

Fenerlicher Einzug Pabst Pius VII in der Hauptstadt Rom 27. Man nachmittags 3 Uhr 1814.

Mentions

bey Vz. zanna & Compl. in Augsburg.

Description

Early XIXth century optical view in original watercolors. Original copper plate engraving heightened with watercolor at that time. Published in Augsburg circa 1820, depicting a view of Pope Pius VII entering Rome in 1814 (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

  • This optical view is extracted from a series of several views mounted end to end. This roller was intended to be used in an boîte d’optique (optical box) fitted with a crank in order to scroll through the images. These views are devoid of margins, numbered (labels or traces of labels in the upper part) and most often include some vestiges of the mounting on the back (strips of paper or fabric glued).
  • A restored tear at the center (22cm)
  • Fold marks

This strong water etching is listed in these categories :

Pope Pius VII

By the Bull: Sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum: the solicitude for all the Churches, from August 7, 1814, Pope Pius VII re-established the Company of Jesus all over the world as one of his predecessors, Pope Clement XIV, yielding to pressure political, had dissolved on July 21, 1773.

On August 7, 1814, Pope Pius VII celebrated a solemn mass in the church of Gesù in Rome where is the tomb of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus. Then he read the bubble which again authorized the existence of the Order throughout the world.

The Optical View

The Galerie Napoléon is pleased to propose to you this strong water etching printed 204 years ago (around 1820).

As for all the antique prints in our catalogue, this optical view Fenerlicher Einzug Pabst Pius VII in der Hauptstadt Rom 27. Man nachmittags 3 Uhr 1814. datant de 1820 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 (1820).

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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