E. HIERNAULT

Lot 21
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Lot 21 | E. HIERNAULT
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$ 120 000 – 180 000
E. HIERNAULT
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.
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