A trompe l'oeil with a pistol, clock and painter's palette on a shelf, with a print after Hans von Aachen's Death of Lucretia, Cornelis Schut's print of The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist, and a painting nailed to a wooden board; and A trompe l'oeil with instruments and sheet music affixed to a wooden board with a ribbon, with an Adam Perelle print, a roundel painting of the Virgin, and another painting

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ITALIAN SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
A trompe l'oeil with a pistol, clock and painter's palette on a shelf, with a print after Hans von Aachen's Death of Lucretia, Cornelis Schut's print of The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist, and a painting nailed to a wooden board; and A trompe l'oeil with instruments and sheet music affixed to a wooden board with a ribbon, with an Adam Perelle print, a roundel painting of the Virgin, and another painting
oil on canvas, unframed
21 7⁄8 x 16 ¾ in. (55.6 x 42.6 cm.), each
The first: 'Sculta quid in corpus Stringis Lucretia telum / Non scelius [duitur] qunulas celere / 30 do Saluettis culp:' (upper right on the print) and 'Cornelis Schut inventer / Joannes de Salettes pinxit' (lower center, on the print)
The second: 'A. Perelle Sculpit / P. Saluett exucht' (upper left, on the print) and 'Vuolins di Concerto Primo' (center left, on the sheet of music)

Provenance

Private collection, Lombardy, and by whom sold,
[Dipinti da una Collezione Lombarda]; Wannenes, Genoa, 3 March 2016, lot 1230, as a 'Painter of the 17th-18th century', where acquired by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

This pair of trompe l'oeils depict prints and paintings displayed alongside a selection of objects: a pistol, a pocket watch, an artist's palette, sheet music, a record and a pochette. In the first of the pair, the prints can be identified as The Death of Lucretia, after a composition by Hans von Aachen (1552-1615), one impression of which is found at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. no. RP-P-OB-5168). The other print, also found at the Rijksmuseum (inv. no. RP-P-OB-59.214), is The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist by Cornelis Schut I (1597-1655). The Shut print includes an inscription 'Joannes de Salettes pinxit', which may, in fact, be the signature of the artist who painted this trompe l'oeil.

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