Since almost everything has seemed this week to be declining and falling, it seems high time to share one of the strangest paintings at the Harvard Art Museum: Charles Bird King’s 1830 “The Vanity of the Artist’s Dream.” I am also motivated by my hope that @dbellingradt might be persuaded to do one of his paper spotting analyses on this image.
#trompel’oeil #paper #AmericanPainting #19C
#trompel #paper #AmericanPainting #19C