CORNELIS BILTIUS | TROMPE L’ŒIL WITH A FALCON AND ITS PREY

Cornelis Biltius specialised in trompe l’œil depictions of game, hunting equipment and letter racks. Cornelis was originally from The Hague but worked in various locations in Germany from the 1670s and between 1680 and 1686 was in the service of the Oberhofmeister of the Electorate of Trier Von Bronsar.

This work was formerly overpainted so that the form of the bird in the falcon’s claws was disguised. It has now been returned to its original appearance, as has the signature, which had been adapted to suggest that the painting was the work of Cornelis' father, Jacob Biltius (1633–81).