Focus on The Reverse of a Framed Painting and discuss the abstract.
The Reverse of a Framed Painting (in Danish: Bagsiden af et indrammet maleri) is a still life trompe-l'œil painting by Flemish painter Cornelius Norbertus Gysbrechts, made in 1670, when the artist was working as the official painter of the Danish royal court. The painting is commonly considered a masterpiece of trompe-l'œil painting for its deceptively sculptural representation of the back of a framed painting in a canvas.
The work has already been called as "the most radical meditation about painting as an object and as an image", and is interpreted as an early example of conceptual art.
still life trompe-l'œil conceptual art masterpiece Cornelius Norbertus Gysbrechts Danish royal court