The Tourney

The Tourney is an original print realized by an anonymous artist at the end of the XVIII century (about 1760).

Titled below the immage " Vue des jeux Tournois dans le Sup.be Manege de son A.S.M. le Duc de Baviere ".

 Hand-colored e ngraving. Good conditions, except for some stains on the paper.

Includes a passepartout: 41.6 x 52.5 cm.

The view in this artwork is known as "optical view", a particular kind of print that, if seen through a specific device called zograscope or optical box, gives the illusion of relief and three-dimensionality. These optical views were created and diffused mainly in the second half of the 18th century.

The artwork was printed by  Daumont , a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, there were many popular specialty establishments in Paris, Augsburg, and London that produced optical viewing devices and special engravings to be viewed through them. They are usually etched and invariably designed to be seen through a viewing machine, with consequent reversals of text and image. They often show monumental buildings (palaces, churches or town halls) or characteristic parts of towns. More rarely, they show portraits, moralistic and biblical themes, or historical events.

This print represents a very detailed scene: a horse-drawn tournament organized inside the stables of the Duke of Bavaria. The jockeys and the horses are meticulously rendered; on the balconies, the spectators watch the competition.

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The view in this artwork is known as "optical view", a particular kind of print that, if seen through a specific device called zograscope or optical box, gives the illusion of relief and three-dimensionality. These optical views were created and diffused mainly in the second half of the 18th century.

The artwork was printed by  Daumont , a well-known publisher of optical prints, established in Paris. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, there were many popular specialty establishments in Paris, Augsburg, and London that produced optical viewing devices and special engravings to be viewed through them. They are usually etched and invariably designed to be seen through a viewing machine, with consequent reversals of text and image. They often show monumental buildings (palaces, churches or town halls) or characteristic parts of towns. More rarely, they show portraits, moralistic and biblical themes, or historical events.