Rare Old Hand-Colored Optica Print of the Blaak in Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Reference
BG-13302-2
Region
Europe
Category
Engraving
Sheet size
33.0 x 50.5 cm (13.0 x 19.9 in)
Condition
Good
Availability
Available
Price
EUR 660

Antique print titled 'A View of the Exchange the South and North Blaak taken from the Gaapers Bridge Rotterdam'. Engraving of Rotterdam, view from the Gaapers Bridge, the Netherlands. 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 circa 1780.

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