Antique Print of the defeat of Remus by Probst (c.1770)

Description: Antique print, titled: 'Remus interficitur - Remus wird erschlagen (…)' - Optical print showing the defeat of Remus. 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.

Original antique print published by Georg Balthasar Probst, published ca. 1770.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Georg Balthasar Probst' after an anonymous artist. Georg Balthasar Probst (1732 - 1801) 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.