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"Viso del Palazzo della
Citta di Marsiglia e L'una parte del Porto".
City Hall and a part of the harbour
of Marseille.
"Vue de l'Hotel de Ville de
Marseille et d'une partie du Port."
"Viso del Palazzo della
Citta di Mardiglia e d'una parte del Porto!
"Gesicht des Rathauses zu
Marseille, und einen Theil des Haafens"
Georg Balthasar Probst was the
most important memeber of an Augsburg family of artists and
publishers.He was the German representative of the "Vue
d'Optique" , a genre of copper engravings showing in the
size of this here shown print the architectural "wonders of
the world" to people mainly during fairs. The prints were
pushed into a view box and the viewers, one at a time, could
look through a lens to see the prints inserted into the box
by the operator, for money, of course. There were French,
Italian, Spanish, publishers of Vue d'Optique prints. But
the most famous and the most true to facts ones came from
the Augsburg workshop of G.B. Probst. He produced ca. 400 of
them, not only views of places, but also a variety of other
subject matters. While most prints of this genre were loudly
and heavily colored, a small series was left black and
white, truly showing their artistic value beyond the
fulfilment of curiosity at fairs. This is such an example as
is the next print down the line. The time of printing was ca
1750.
Copper etching by Georg
Balthasar Probst. Augsburg, ca. 1750
Well preserved print Clean.
Strong impression. Slight rippling in upper area. Title:
Latin, Italian, French, German.
27 x 39.5 cm (10.8 x
16.1").
$ 480.00
Order Nr.
VUED'OPTIQUE249209
Kapff Nr.104
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