Lot Essay
For more on this painting, please see lot 21.
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A trompe l'oeil of the back of a painting with an extensively inscribed label, hanging cords, an inventory number with red wax, and a Hebrew bookplate
Details
E. HIERNAULT
A trompe l'oeil of the back of a painting with an extensively inscribed label, hanging cords, an inventory number with red wax, and a Hebrew bookplate
signed and dated 'E. Yernault 1766' (lower left, on the strainer)
oil on canvas
21 7⁄8 x 28 ¼ in. (55.6 x 71.8 cm.)
A trompe l'oeil of the back of a painting with an extensively inscribed label, hanging cords, an inventory number with red wax, and a Hebrew bookplate
signed and dated 'E. Yernault 1766' (lower left, on the strainer)
oil on canvas
21 7⁄8 x 28 ¼ in. (55.6 x 71.8 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 19 May 1994, lot 85, as a pair with lot 21, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
C.J. Welchman, Invisible Colors, New Haven, 1997, pp. 45-48, fig. 8b.
P. Conisbee, Deceptions and illusions. Five centuries of trompe-l'oeil painting, exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 2002, pp. 313-315, no. 91.
G. Alberti, Inganni dipinti. Trompe-l'oeil nella Fototeca Zeri, 2015, unpaginated, fig. 10.
P. Conisbee, Deceptions and illusions. Five centuries of trompe-l'oeil painting, exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 2002, pp. 313-315, no. 91.
G. Alberti, Inganni dipinti. Trompe-l'oeil nella Fototeca Zeri, 2015, unpaginated, fig. 10.
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. 91.
Brought to you by
Laura H. Mathis
VP, Specialist, Head of Sale