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WINCKLER Jean-Benoît
FICHE 7619
(German school, 1727 - 1797)
Une autre partie du Pallais Villa Meneà Gene avec le Prospect très agrable du Coté de la Mer (collection des prospects)
Etching handcoloured
A nice impression on laid paper edited at Ausbourg
With margins
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: 485 x 370 mm.
Plate: 390 x 240 mm.
Condition: Time-staining, foxing in the margins, creased
230 €
