Lot 1576 Dα

Johannes Leemans worked in The Hague and specialised in trompe-l'oeil depictions, mainly still lifes with hunting equipment. This theme of a bird in a cage around which the hunting implements are symmetrically grouped, is a frequently recurring motif in his works. He achieves the illusion of objects hanging on a wall through a strongly three-dimensional rendering and the use of long shadows.