PROBST, G.B. - Vue de L'Hotel de Batavie..

A so-called optical print of Fatahillah Square in Jakarta, Indonesia, prepared for use in a light-box or an amusing light-show. This richly hand coloured print is much perforated, windows are cut out, and then a thin transparent paper is mounted at the back and tipped with colour over the perforations. A view of present-day Fatahillah Square in Jakarta. The "Raadhuis"- headquarters of the V.O.C.- nowadays the Jakarta museum - is clearly visible in the centre of this print. Rare.