Scandinavia
WINCKLER Jean-Benoît
FICHE 13462
(German school, 1727 - 1797)
Vuë de Saalstadt Palais d'Été de S. M. le Roi de Suède /
Lust Pallast zu Saalstadt des Königes von Sweden.
after a drawing by Jaques MILLER
Etching handcoloured
c. 1780
Impression on laid paper, from the Collection des Prospects, published in Augsbourg.
Published in Augsburg in the 18th century, the Collection des Prospects is a series of watercoloured etchings depicting views of cities around the world. Called "vues d'optique" ("perspective views"), these images are intended to be projected with a lantern (or zograscope), which explains the inversion of the subject and title.
Sheet: 370 x 437 mm.
Plate: 310 x 400 mm.
Condition: scattered foxing, mount-staining, handling creases, small lack in the lower right corner. A handwritting in brown ink below the letter.
