Trompe l’oeil so well done you’ll think you hear a hunting horn being played in the next room. By Dutch Golden Age painter Christoffel Pierson who lived from 1631 to 1714.

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“Niche with Falconry Gear.” Probably 1660s. Oil on canvas. Collections of the National Gallery of Art,Washington, DC. Image © 2020 National Gallery of Art . Fair use license. via https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.124519.html
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A Trompe l’Oeil of Hawking Equipment, including a Glove, a Net and Falconry Hoods, hanging on a Wall. ca. 1650-1714. Oil on canvas. Private collection. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 100 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christoffel_Pierson_-_trompe_l-oeil.jpg
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Stillleben mit Jagdwaffen und -gerät. 1699. Collections of the Germanisches National Museum, Nuremberg. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 100 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1699_Pierson_Stillleben_mit_Jagdwaffen_und_-ger%C3%A4t_anagoria.JPG
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Trompe-L’oeil-Stillleben mit Jagdgerätschaften. No date. Oil on canvas. Image ©2020 Artnet Worldwide Corporation. Fair use license. via http://www.artnet.com/artists/christoffel-pierson/trompe-loeil-stillleben-mit-jagdger%C3%A4tschaften-r8AH9bccQ208RC49EraabA2

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