# Trompe-l'Oeil Still-Life [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LEEMANS, Johannes]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 93 x 108 cm ## Commentary This painting shows a trompe-l'oeil still-life of hunting equipment and a caged bird hanging from a wall. The brothers Johannes and Anthonie Leemans specialised in painting trompe-l'oeil hunting still-lifes usually featuring, as here, a game bag, a horn, whistles on ribbons and a caged bird displayed in a perfectly symmetrical composition against a plain background. The painting is signed and dated on the underside of the bird cage: J. Leemans: F. / 1669. ## Related artworks - [Still-Life with Hunting Weapons and Devices]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()