拍品專文
Howell was presumably much influenced by the still-lives, vanitas pictures and trompe l'oeil paintings of Edward Collier, whose work is similarly signed to the present picture.
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Henry Howell (late 17th/early 18th Century)
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Henry Howell (late 17th/early 18th Century)
A Trompe l'oeil of a Letter-rack, with quill pen, letters, sealing wax, a seal and a miniature portrait of a cavalier
signed and dated on the letter centre right 'For Henry Howell painter at London'
canvas laid down on board
24 x 29in. (61 x 73.6cm.)
A Trompe l'oeil of a Letter-rack, with quill pen, letters, sealing wax, a seal and a miniature portrait of a cavalier
signed and dated on the letter centre right 'For Henry Howell painter at London'
canvas laid down on board
24 x 29in. (61 x 73.6cm.)