Vue du Pont rompu et du pont a quatre tetes a Rome, anno 1770

Leizelt B.F., 1727-1796

Published by Leizelt B.F., 1727-1796

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Vue du Pont rompu et du pont a quatre tetes a Rome, anno 1770 ROME-PONTE QUATTRO CAPI-ROTTO-ITALY-Leizelt-Barbault-1770 'Vue du Pont rompu et du Pont a quatre Tetes a Rome.' This optical print shows a view of the Ponte Quattro Capi, the combination of two Roman bridges known as Ponte Rotto (broken bridge) after it partially collapsed in 1598. Size of the sheet: 37x47 cm., little brownish, small tears but only on margins. Balthasar Friedrich Leizelt (also spelled Leizel, active 1750 1800) was a German artist and copperplate engraver working from Augsburg. Leizelt produced a series of European and American scenic views at a time when pictures of foreign countries and people were popular and designed for use in optical viewers. As is normal for these prints the series title is a mirror image because optical viewers made use of mirrors which reversed the image. The Age of Enlightenment sparked a great interest in science, so that optical toys and devices became a standard form of drawing-room entertainment in the 1700s and 1800s. Light, perspective, and multiple images were cleverly combined to create the illusion of moving pictures. Seller Inventory # 9232

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Title: Vue du Pont rompu et du pont a quatre tetes ...

Publisher: Leizelt B.F., 1727-1796

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: very good