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View down a corridor, 1662 (oil on panel)

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USB179270
Image title
View down a corridor, 1662 (oil on panel)
Artist
Hoogstraten, Samuel van (1627-78) / Dutch
Location
Dyrham Park, Avon, UK
Medium
oil on panel
Date
1662 AD (C17th AD)
Dimensions
264.2x136.5 cms
Image description

This perspective view through a succession of rooms is a striking example of the work of the Dutch artist Samuel van Hoogstraten, known for his trompe-l’oeil paintings which literally ‘fool the eye’. The artist draws our vision through an archway, above which hangs a birdcage, into a staircase hall in which a dog and a cat loiter, and on into two further rooms beyond that, where men and women are seated at a table. This painting was purchased for Dyrham Park by William I Blathwayt (?1649–1717) from his uncle Thomas Povey (1613/14–c.1705). The diarists Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn noted how Povey had displayed this painting illusionistically when they visited his house in the 1660s. Pepys wrote: 'I do the most admire his piece of perspective especially, he opening me the closet door and there I saw that there is nothing but only a plain picture hung upon the wall.'

Photo credit
National Trust Photographic Library/John Hammond / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
broom / interior / dog / domestic animal / hallway / birdcage / flagstone / perspective / parrot / courtesan / silent witness / client / Painting / Mzpainting
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