Optical View of the Hall of Mirrors
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Showing the Hall of Mirrors complete with courtiers, this image was meant to be seen through a special device with a magnifying lens and a mirror to create the illusion of depth. Optical views reached their heyday between 1750 and 1770, when they were produced by several families of Parisian printers. Most were intended for distribution throughout Europe, as the captions in Latin and French here indicate.
Artwork Details
- Title: Optical View of the Hall of Mirrors
- Publisher: Published by Cuny François Daumont (French, Metz 1717–1768 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1760
- Culture: French
- Medium: Etching with watercolor on paper
- Dimensions: 12 × 17 1/2 in. (30.5 × 44.4 cm)
- Classification: Engravings
- Credit Line: Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon (INV.GRAV 219)
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts