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Trompe l'oeil. Board Partition with Letter Rack and Music Book
Trompe l'oeil. Board Partition with Letter Rack and Music Book is an oil painting by the Flemish Baroque painting artist Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts. It dates from 1668 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst. Trompe l'oeil.
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Overview
Trompe l'oeil. Board Partition with Letter Rack and Music Book is a 1668 oil painting by Flemish Baroque artist Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts, characterized by its deceptive representation of everyday objects on a wooden partition.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a mundane scene: a light brown wooden board with a grid marked by red lines, holding a letter rack, music sheets (some with notation, others blank), a pen, and a bottle. The subject's ordinariness contrasts with the artist's extraordinary illusionistic technique.
Technique & Style
Gijsbrechts utilized trompe-l'oeil to create a three-dimensional illusion, with meticulous attention to the texture of wood and paper. The interplay of light and shadow, akin to chiaroscuro principles, enhances the depth perception, though the red grid introduces a somewhat flat, contradictory element.
History & Provenance
Created in 1668, the work is now part of the Statens Museum for Kunst's collection, exemplifying Gijsbrechts' contribution to the Flemish Baroque movement through his innovative use of trompe-l'oeil in still life painting.
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Artist
Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts
Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (1625/1629 – after 1675), was a Flemish painter who was active in the Spanish Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Sweden in the second half of the seventeenth century.
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