L'Optique: giant lens focusing sunlight in a Baroque garden engraving
A line engraving shows figures in a classical garden struggling to hold a large circular lens that catches sunlight and throws a bright beam onto a stone platform. Columns, a fountain, a cannon, and scattered optical instruments surround them under a leafy sky.
- Artist
- Jacques de Lajoue
- Date
- [1737]
- Medium
- Allegorical prints Engravings
- Source
- Wellcome Collection
- Size
- 4000 × 3250 px
Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1737.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection
