GIJSBRECHTS, Cornelis Norbertus
(b. ca. 1630, Antwerpen, d. after 1675)

A Cabinet in the Artist's Studio

1670-71
Oil on canvas, 132 x 199 cm
Statens Museum 3for Kunst, Copenhagen

In this trompe-l'oeil painting the small portrait, nailed onto the back wall of the studio, is a self-portrait. The reference to himself is substantiated by the note on the shelf below the portrait, addressed to "Royal Portrait Painter Gijsbrechts in Copenhagen."




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