ID 1435449
Lot 21 | E. HIERNAULT
Estimate value
$ 120 000 – 180 000
A trompe l'oeil of the back of a painting with a plaster medallion of Charity, an extensively inscribed label, an inventory number with red wax, and a spider
signed and dated 'E Hiernault 1766' (lower left, on the strainer)
oil on canvas
22 x 28 ¼ in. (55.9 x 71.8 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 19 May 1994, lot 85, as a pair with lot 22, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
C.J. Welchman, Invisible Colors: A visual history of titles, New Haven, 1997, pp. 45-48, fig. 8a.
P. Conisbee, Deceptions and illusions. Five centuries of trompe-l'oeil painting, exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 2002, pp. 313-315, no. 90, illustrated.
G. Alberti, Inganni dipinti. Trompe-l'oeil nella Fototeca Zeri, 2015, unpaginated, fig. 11.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Deceptions and illusions. Five centuries of trompe-l'oeil painting, 13 October 2002-2 March 2003, no. 90.
| Artist: | E. Hiernault (XVIII century - XVIII century) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas, Trompe-l’œil |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | E. Hiernault (XVIII century - XVIII century) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas, Trompe-l’œil |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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