Perspective Box of a Dutch Interior
- Date
- 1663
- Medium
- Oil paint, glass mirror and walnut
- Dimensions
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16 1/2 x 11 7/8 x 11 1/8 in.
42.0 x 30.3 x 28.2 cm
- Department
- European Painting
- Classification
- Paintings
- Credit
- Founders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund
- Accession No.
- 35.101.A
- Provenance
- Private Collection (possibly London, J. Mellaert (dealer-1928);
Amsterdam, Gebroeders Douwes (dealer--1934-1935) from whom purchased by the DIA in Oct., 1935.
- Keywords
-
mirrored glass, oil, paint, glass, perspective box, walnut, wood
Published References
Wilenski, R. H., ¦An Introduction to Dutch Art,¦ London, 1928, p. 266, pl. 111 (as private collection).
Amsterdam, Galerie J. Goudstikker "Catalogue der Tentoonstelling "Het Stilleven", 18 Feb.--19 March, 1933, cat. 160 (unpaginated).
Amsterdam, Kunsthandel Gebr. Douwes, "Catalogus der Tentoonstelling van Oude Schilderijen", 7 May-2 June, 1934, p. 18, cat. 35.
Richardson, E. P., "Samuel van Hoogstraten and Carel Fabritius," ¦Art in America,¦ vol. 25, 1937, pp. 141-152, esp. pp. 141-142, figs. 1, 2.
New York, Julian Levy Gallery, "Trompe l'Oeil", March 8-April 3, 1938, no 59.
Richardson, E. P. (ed.), Detroit, DIA, ¦Catalogue of Paintings,¦ 1944, p. 64, no. 570.
San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, "Illusionism and Trompe l'Oeil", May 3-June 12, 1949, p. 55, repr.
Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, "Life in Seventeenth Century Holland", Nov 21, 1950- Jan 14, 1951, p. 26, cat. 66, repr.
Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Rembrandt and his Pupils", Nov 16-Dec 30, 1956, cat. 48.
Dallas, Dallas Museum for Contemporary Art, "The Art that Broke the Looking Glass", 1961, cat. 51.
New Orleans, Isaac Delgado Museum, "Fetes de la Palette", Nov. 19, 1962-Jan. 6, 1963, cat. 37, pl. 62.
Montreal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts--Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, "Rembrandt and his Pupils", 1969, pp. 95-96, cat. 74, repr.
Myers, B. S., ed., ¦Encyclopedia of Painting,¦ New York, 1970, p. 239, pl. 100.
Walsh, J. Jr., "Vermeer", ¦Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,¦ vol. 31, no. 4, fig. 36 (unpaginated).
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum--Paris, Musée des Arts Decoratifs, "Anamorfosen/ Anamorphoses", 1975-1976, cat. 16, pls. 33-34, (as anonymous Dutch 1662/63). This show subsequently traveled to Boston, Brooklyn, Cleveland, Chicago, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington and Atlanta. On this American tour the Peep Box only went to Boston, MFA, Sept. 22-Nov. 29, 1976).
Leeman, F., ¦Anamorphosen. Ein Spiel mit der Warhnehmung, dem Schein und der Werklichkeit,¦ Cologne, date?, p. , figs. 83-89.
Leeman, F. ¦Hidden Images Games of Perception Anamorphic Art. Illusion from the Renaissance to the Present,¦ New York, date?, pp. 83-84, plates 83-89 (translated from the German edition).
Liedtke, W. A., "The View in Delft by Carel Fabritius", ¦Burlington Magazine,¦ vol. 118, 1976, pp. 61-73, esp. p. 65.
Koslow, S., "De wonderlijke Perspectyfkas: An Aspect of Seventeenth Century Dutch Painting", ¦Oud Holland,¦ vol. 82, 1987, pp. 35-56 and esp. pp. 43, 46-47, 53-54, repr. p. 40.
Hanover, NH, Dartmouth College, Hood Museum of Art, "The Age of the Marvelous", 1991, p. 180, fig 1 (with incorrect caption).
Brusati, C., ¦Artifice and Illustion, The Art and Writing of Samuel van Hoogstraten¦, Chicago & London, 1995, pp. 97, 175, 364, no. 87, figs. 58, 59, 124-126, pl. VII.
Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, "Devices of Wonder: From the World in a Box to Images on a Screen", 2001-2002, pp. 237, 375, , cat. 125, fig. 76 (exh. organized by B. M. Stafford & F. Terpak).
Washington, D. C., National Gallery of Art, "Deceptions and Illusions Five Centuries of Trompe l'Oeil Painting", 2002-2003, pp. 274-277, cat. 72, repr. (as attributed to Samuel van Hoogstraten), entry by A. K. Wheelock, Jr. Exh. organized by S. Ebert-Schifferer.
Jensen, C. "Perspektivkasser og matematik," ¦Matilde¦, no. 19 (March 2004), p. 20 (article pp. 20-25).
Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, ¦Masters of Dutch Painting: The Detroit Institute of Arts¦, London, 2004, pp. 120-123 (entry by A. K. Wheelock, Jr.)
Keyes, G.S., "A Brief History of the European Paintings Collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts with a Focus on the Dutch School", in the catalogue for TEFAF Maastricht 2005, pp. 10-15, esp. p. 14
