{"product_id":"view-of-the-royal-square-of-bordeaux-vanisch","title":"View of the Royal Square of Bordeaux — Vanisch","description":"\u003cp\u003eA hand-coloured optical print celebrating Bordeaux's Place Royale, the riverside showpiece of eighteenth-century French urban design on the Garonne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal title \u003cem\u003eVeüe et Perspective de la Place Royalle de Bordeaux\u003c\/em\u003e; published by Vanisch, Paris, c. 1770.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVues d'optique were among the most popular printed entertainments of the eighteenth century, designed to be viewed through a \u003cem\u003ezograscope\u003c\/em\u003e that gave the scene a vivid sense of three-dimensional depth. The Place Royale (now the Place de la Bourse) was designed by the royal architect Jacques Gabriel and completed by his son Ange-Jacques Gabriel around 1755, a celebrated example of French classical town planning whose open colonnades made an ideal subject for the optical view's deep perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand-coloured copperplate engraving; sheet approximately 34.0 × 51 cm; in very good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Nest","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51884983746846,"sku":null,"price":1200.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5660\/0862\/files\/Optique_Vue_-_030_thumb_5170dd49-fa63-4a87-9c8e-a8e06d1f36e5.jpg?v=1779517283","url":"https:\/\/phoenixnest.com.au\/products\/view-of-the-royal-square-of-bordeaux-vanisch","provider":"Phoenix Nest","version":"1.0","type":"link"}