Trompe l'Oeil
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Correa was a pioneer of trompe l’oeil easel painting in Spain. This panel, which is one of a pair, is typically self-reflexive in depicting the artist’s paint-daubed palette, bottle of oil, and maulstick (used to support the hand holding the paintbrush). The battered prints Correa copied have been identified: a 1611 engraving of a farmyard with peacocks, based on a drawing by the Dutch painter Abraham Bloemaert, is nailed above an etching depicting a beggar, made about 1622 by the French artist Jacques Callot. The skull of a dog is both a studio prop and a reminder of mortality.
Artwork Details
- Title: Trompe l'Oeil
- Artist: Marcos Correa (Spanish, 1646–active until early 18th century)
- Date: ca. 1667-1673
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 39 × 21 5/8 in. (99 × 55 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Hispanic Society of America, New York (A1845)
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art