Antique Print of St. Catherine's Church by Probst (c.1770)

Description: Antique print, titled: 'Prospectus extra Portam S. Catharinae Francofurti ad Moenum (…).' - View of the St. Catherine's Church (German: Katharinenkirche),it is the largest Lutheran church in Frankfurt am Main. This is an optical print, also called 'vue optique' or 'vue d'optique', which were made to be viewed through a Zograscope, or other devices of convex lens and mirrors, all of which produced an optical illusion of depth.

Published by Georg Balthasar Probst (1732 - 1801) who was a German artist, engraver and publisher in Augsburg, a major European publishing center in the 17th and 18th centuries. He produced architectural views of places around the world, including vues d'optique, which were published in various places during the last half of the 18th century, including Paris, Augsburg and London.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Georg Balthasar Probst' after an anonymous artist.