Trompe l'Oeil. Board with an Etching of a Baker Sounding his Horn
1650
From the collection of Statens Museum for Kunst
1650
From the collection of Statens Museum for Kunst
Trompe l'Oeil. Board with an Etching of a Baker Sounding his Horn is a 1650 by Unknown, held at Statens Museum for Kunst.
This is a simple wooden panel with a piece of paper pinned to it. The paper has a black-and-white picture of a person in old-fashioned clothes, holding a horn to their mouth. The wood grain shows through the paper’s edges, and the whole thing looks like it’s just been hung up casually. The picture inside is a detailed etching of someone who might be a street vendor or musician. The artist used shading to make the figure stand out against the plain background. Look up chiaroscuro to see how artists use light and shadow like this.
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