Hoving, Gerrit

Hoving, Gerrit

HOVING, Gerrit Trompe l'oeil with putti. Delft 1778 Drawing, pen and red/black ink, watercolour, 31,8 x 40 cm, laid paper with watermark (Pro Patria, Churchill:142), signed in pen at lower right "Gerrit Hoving Fecit". Under passe-partout. Nice trompe l'oeil drawing with many illusionistic prints and drawings attached to a wooden board. The shown items include a round map, a portrait of William V, a maritime drawing, and an almanac of Delft of the year 1778.