# @gettymuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CIgfqB2nMdu
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34229663-gettymuseum-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/355ad7b724.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-12-07T19:08:56.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty (@gettymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/gettymuseum

## Caption

This painting was meant to trick the eye.

The letter rack is a "trompe-l'oeil," an artistic technique used to create a 3D optical illusion. This painting was likely used as a cover on a cabinet door, and would have been flipped to reveal another painting on the other side. Swipe to see the other side.

Now that's a reveal.
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#LetterWritingDay #GettyMuseum #Art #Painting #Trompeloeil

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trompeloeil, gettymuseum, art, letterwritingday, painting

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