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Jacobus Plasschaert (active in Bruges 1739-1765)
Lot 41

Jacobus Plasschaert (active in Bruges 1739-1765)

A 'trompe l'oeil' of a wooden panelling with a painted canvas of a landscape 'capriccio', a pile of prints with a repetition of the painted subject, an almanach, sealed letters and playing cards

Closed21 November 2013

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Jacobus Plasschaert (active in Bruges 1739-1765)
A 'trompe l'oeil' of a wooden panelling with a painted canvas of a landscape 'capriccio', a pile of prints with a repetition of the painted subject, an almanach, sealed letters and playing cards
signed twice 'D:plasschaert F.t' (upper left, on the print) and 'J:Plasschaert ..F' (lower right, on the painting)
oil on canvas
112.5 x 86.3 cm.

Mr. J. Werz, Antwerp or Roosendaal, presumably between 1925 and 1935, thence by descent, and acquired by the present owners in 1980.

Specialist note

The landscape in the print and painting may derive from a prototype by the french engraver Nicolas Perelle (1631-1695), after whom Nicolaes Visscher (1618-1709) made a series of comparable prints (Hollstein 50-61).