View of the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in Rome, Italy.

Reference
PCT-59239
Region
Europe
Category
Engraving
Sheet size
35.0 x 53.0 cm (13.8 x 20.9 in)
Condition
Good
Availability
Available
Price
EUR 290

Antique print, titled: 'Vue de l'Eglise de St. Jean de Latran a Rome.' - View of the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in Rome, Italy. 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 in Paris by Daumont c. 1770.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Daumont' after an anonymous artist. Daumont was a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there were many popular speciality establishments in Paris, Augsburg and London which produced optical v

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