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Poor Artist's Cupboard
Charles Bird King
c. 1815 · oil on wood
Dimensions overall: 75.72 × 70.64 cm (29 13/16 × 27 13/16 in.)
Collection: National Gallery of Art
Charles Bird King painted this unusual and intriguing trompe-l'oeil, meaning "fool-the-eye," still life to resemble an alcove holding fictional artist C. Palette's meager possessions: a crust of bread...
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