Trompe l'oeil. The Reverse of a Framed Painting.  1670

With the absence of the frame that traditionally serves as the architectural transition between the spectator’s reality and the picture’s painted universe, this work by the Flemish painter Gijsbrechts is moving beyond the usual realms of art and into the illusionistic domains of the stage. [br] [b]The deception of the eye[/b] The deception of the eye is certainly there....