
May one see it?
Minneapolis, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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.
Minneapolis Institute of Art