Antique Optical Print of a Roman Amphitheatre

Reference
BG-13399-5
Category
Engraving
Sheet size
29.4 x 42.7 cm (11.6 x 16.8 in)
Condition
Fair
Availability
Available
Price
EUR 540

Antique print titled 'L'Amphitheatre de Rome'. A vue d'optique of a Roman amphitheatre. This is an optical print, also called 'vue optique' or 'vue d'optique', which were made to be viewed through a Zograscope, or other devices of convex lens and mirrors, all of which produced an optical illusion of depth.

Published by Georg Balthasar Probst, circa 1760.

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