Trompe l'oeil Violin

Trompe l'oeil Violin

C1723 Jan Van der Vaart

When visiting Chatsworth House recently I couldn't believe it when I came across another visual trickery style painting like the Parisian house i posted about previously. The violin depicted here is not real! It was interesting how culture still views this style of painting as enticing as those of years gone by. In essence....our imagination today, in such a technologically advanced world is still captured by the same visual tricks that have been experimented with for years! To find 2 images to compare, one so modern and one dating back to the 18th century within days of each other was really fascinating.