Minneapolis Institute of Art

Virgin and Child

Italy

Date

17th–18th century

Medium

Grisaille: oil on canvas

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

This may look like an old print of the Virgin and Child, but it’s a painting meant to fool you slightly. We might do a double take thinking it’s an old print stuck on a wall and slightly curling at the edges. English uses a borrowed French term for this type of picture: Trompe l’oeil—literally, trick the eye. Italy, Europe

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