A trompe-l'oeil table top with prints, pamphlets, a quill and a pair of dividers
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J.A. van Breda, active late 18th Century
A trompe-l'oeil table top with prints, pamphlets, a quill and a pair of dividers
signed and dated 'Geverkend doo4 J.A:V:Breda in het yaar 1797' and extensively inscribed on the pamphlets
pen and black ink, watercolour heightened with gold
314 x 417 mm.; and two drawings of figures with animals by Hendrik Verschuring, and an Allegory of Science by an 18th Century Dutch hand (4)
A trompe-l'oeil table top with prints, pamphlets, a quill and a pair of dividers
signed and dated 'Geverkend doo4 J.A:V:Breda in het yaar 1797' and extensively inscribed on the pamphlets
pen and black ink, watercolour heightened with gold
314 x 417 mm.; and two drawings of figures with animals by Hendrik Verschuring, and an Allegory of Science by an 18th Century Dutch hand (4)