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DiaporamaTrompe l'oeil with Palettes and Miniature
119.0 x 92.0 cm
jean-françois de le motte (1635 – 1685)
Explore Jean-François de le Motte (1635-1685), a Belgian Baroque painter famed for his realistic trompe l'oeil masterpieces & work for Louis XIV. Discover his art at ArtsDot!
Playfully alluding to the artist’s own role as an illusionist is a recurrent theme of trompe l’oeil (fool the eye) paintings. On two palettes Le Motte has represented blotches of paint with paint, while he also uses the medium to represent a scene of two men huddling together, once as a painting within his painting, and again as an etching with mock signature lines. Trompe l’oeil subjects enjoyed popularity throughout eighteenth- and ninteenth-century Europe. Attributions for this painting have varied, but its similarity to signed and dated paintings in Dijon and Strasbourg suggest Le Motte’s authorship.
About this artwork
- Title: Trompe l'oeil with Palettes and Miniature
- Artist: jean-françois de le motte
- Original dimensions: 119.0 x 92.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Main color: Driftwood
- Perceived brightness: deep_shadow
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