Per teloscopium exhibitio partis inferioris armamentarii = Prospettiva della parte inferiore d'un arsenale = Representation en perspective de la partie inferieure d'un arsenal = Perspectivische Vorstellung des unteren Theils eines Zeughauses [engraving]

Per teloscopium exhibitio partis inferioris armamentarii = Prospettiva della parte inferiore d'un arsenale = Representation en perspective de la partie inferieure d'un arsenal = Perspectivische Vorstellung des unteren Theils eines Zeughauses [engraving]

[Ausburg Georg Balthasar Probst ca .1760]

1 print : hand colored engraving ; on sheet 36 x 50 cm.

P&E L2009F152

Signed: Georg Balthasar Probst, excud. A.V. (published in Augusta Vindelicorum)
Caption title in Latin, Italian, French and German.
At bottom, below the title: "'Med. Folo. No. 38. Cum Priv. Sac. Cæs. Majestatis."
Numbered at the top right: "141."
Optical view showing the interior of an armoury with soldiers and workmen repairing and preparing cannon and guns.
Probst was an engraver who specialized in producing optical prints of European cities, which could be viewed through an optical device to give an impression of deepened perspective. He published at least 340 different views, with captions in four languages. Most of his prints carry an imperial privilege, and give the size (ex. 'Med. Folo' = Median Folio) & group number, with the serial number of the print at top right corner.

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