Trompe-l’oeil: Letter Rack with a Pocket Violin and a Pistol (Q21675877)

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genre: trompe-l'œil (Q468930)
artist: Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (Q955671)
collection: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880) Vlaamse Kunstcollectie (VKC) (Q2542010)
location: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) (Q2365880)
material used: oil paint (Q296955) canvas (Q12321255)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)
MSK Gent work PID: 1914-IC
RKDimages ID: 21345

catalog URL: http://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1914-IC

information from the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) catalog

description: Trompe-l’oeil is a special and separate genre, especially in the Northern Netherlands. Using plastic means, such as perspective, light effects and the suggestion of fabric, the artist aims to recreate an illusion of reality. He tries to compete with it and almost succeeds in eliminating the…

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