Thursday, October 8, 2015

Worth a Thousand Words: Staircase Group

Staircase Group (Portrait of Raphaelle Peale and Titian Ramsay Peale I), 1795) Charles Willson Peale.
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Peale painted this life size portrait to be a trompe l'oeil and fool the eye into thinking it was real. To that end, he installed the painting in his studio inside a door frame with a step in front of it. It must have fooled many people.
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  1. Deacon Bill Burns10/9/15, 2:33 PM

    Saw this last Sunday at the Philadelphia Museum of Art as I was waiting to vest for the papal mass. They have an actual step at the base of the frame to mimic a real staircase. Should have taken a photo.

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  2. Manny10/9/15, 7:06 PM

    I have pictures of my experience of the papal Mass in NYC up at my blog, if you're interested Julie.
    http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/2015/10/faith-filled-friday-photos-from-papal.html

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