19th century trompe l'oeil paintings

Set of 2 so-called Trompe L'oeil paintings depicting dead game. These Trompe L'Oeil (deception of the eye) paintings were already made in the 16th century and developed in to a genre in the 17th century. This beautiful pair of paintings is a later hommage to this technique. The objective was to paint materials and structures in such a way the eye of the beholder was deceived to think they were real. On these paintings the frame is painted and as such not real.