Palace of the Chiefs of Crimea - Hand-Colored 18th Century Optical View

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Original 18th century optical view, hand-colored in its day, with a great palace court of arcaded galleries and a pool … Read more Original 18th century optical view, hand-colored in its day, with a great palace court of arcaded galleries and a pool with a jet. The title engraved at the foot reads Vue de l'interieur du Palais des chefs de Crimée dans la Tartarie, lettering that is repeated in reverse along the upper edge.

Publishers of optical views worked at second hand and reused compositions: this court, with its pool between arcades, has long been connected with the Court of the Myrtles at the Alhambra in Granada, whose arrangement it closely recalls, even though the printed legend places it in Crimean Tartary. Printed on laid paper with a watermark.

Medium: Etching on laid paper, with period hand coloring (optical view).
Source: French school, published in Paris.
Date: About 1750-1760.
Dimensions: Plate mark 8.3 x 14.8 in (21 x 37.7 cm).
Condition: Good condition. Presented in a mat. See less