THE FORBIDDEN CITY AS SEEN BY 18TH-CENTURY EUROPEANS
“`T Keysers Hof van binnen in Pekin; Le dedans du palais de L’Empereur de Chine à Peking; L’Interiore de Palazzo del Imperatore di China a Peking; Des Sinischen Kaisers Hof von Innen, zu Peking.” Copper engraving after a drawing by Peter (van) Blan(c)k(a)ert, published in Augsburg by Georg Balthasar Probst, c. 1750. With original hand colouring. Size: 32,5 x 43,5 cm.
Optical view of the Forbidden City, the imperial palace in Beijing during the Qing Dynasty, depicted in a European fashion, showing performances, processions and ceremonies.
Price: SOLD
