id:			380076
accession number:	2020.161
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.161
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:28.534000

Vista y Prospettiva del Palacio del Rey de Portugal en Lisbona, c. 1766–1801. Published by George Balthazar Probst (German, 1732–1801). Etching and engraving, hand colored and assembled from multiple sheets of paper; image and sheet: 29.6 x 45.2 cm (11 5/8 x 17 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.161

title:				Vista y Prospettiva del Palacio del Rey de Portugal en Lisbona
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creation date:			c. 1766–1801
creation date earliest:		1761
creation date latest:		1806
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creditline:			Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
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culture:	Europe
technique:	etching and engraving, hand colored and assembled from multiple sheets of paper
department:	Prints
collection:	Prints
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* George Balthazar Probst (German, 1732–1801)  - publisher

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measurements: Image and Sheet: 29.6 x 45.2 cm (11 5/8 x 17 13/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in black ink on recto: "Het Koninglk palyd en Koningl: plaas te Lissabon"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "37"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH
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	the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: March 2, 2020
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fun fact:
Perspective views such as this were viewed with special viewing devices in the 18th century that are considered the precursors to modern moving images.

digital description:
This perspective view (often called a <em>vue d’optique</em>,or optical view) is an example of a popular art and entertainment format during the second half of the 1700s in Europe. The hand-colored etching and engraving was made to be viewed with a special viewing device consisting of a convex lens and a mirror, so that scene appeared to be a three-dimensional image. Here, the viewer can enjoy a perspective view of the palace of the King of Portugal in Lisbon. Such views—which were only made for a short time and largely disappeared with the advent of photography—appealed to both elite audiences, who viewed collections of images with their own viewing devices in private drawing rooms, and popular audiences, for whom they were street entertainment for a minimal fee.

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IMAGES

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