Illusion Collection

[Night View of the Grand Canal, Venice], ca. 1875. Creator: Carlo Naya
[Night View of the Grand Canal, Venice], ca. 1875

Les Joueurs de tric-trac (The Tric Trac players), c. 1655. Creator: Le Nain, Mathieu (1607-1677)
Les Joueurs de tric-trac (The Tric Trac players), c. 1655. Found in the collection of the Musee du Louvre, Paris

John Nevil Maskelyne performs a spirit cabinet illusion, c1910. Creator: Unknown
John Nevil Maskelyne performs a spirit cabinet illusion, c1910. How the tricks are performed - " A coach-horn or megaphone is useful for picking things up

Hidden silhouette: the spirit of Byron in the Greek Isles, ca. 1825. Creator: Henry Burn
Hidden silhouette: the spirit of Byron in the Greek Isles, ca. 1825

Illusionistic Ceiling with a Grape Arbor, Figures Poised on Galleries, and a Central Scene of Olympian Gods, c. 1570/1580

Interior view of the Enfants Trouves, 1759. Creator: Etienne Fessard
Interior view of the Enfants Trouves, 1759

Poet strolling by a marshy bank, early 13th century. Creator: Liang Kai (Chinese
Poet strolling by a marshy bank, early 13th century. A solitary figure meditates on the illusory world before him. Southern Song dynasty

Dice Players, ca 1624. Found in the Collection of Attingham Park, The Berwick Collection, The National Trust

Backgammon at the Cafe. Private Collection

The Magician at the Palace. Artist: Lucas Villaamil, Eugenio (1858-1919)
The Magician at the Palace. Found in the collection of Museo Carmen Thyssen, Malaga

Soldiers playing Dice. Artist: Sweerts, Michiel (1618-1664)
Soldiers playing Dice. Found in the collection of Thyssen-Bornemisza Collections

Knights and Soldiers playing Dice for Christs Robe. Artist: Baegert, Derick (ca 1440-after 1502)
Knights and Soldiers playing Dice for Christs Robe. Found in the collection of Thyssen-Bornemisza Collections

The Capitol Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, 1925. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLII. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1925]

Magic lantern, 1671 (1956). The projection of an image of a man burning in Hell. The image was produced by light from a lamp which travelled down the lens

Paris World Exposition (1889), 1900. The Hall of Illusions in the Electricity Palace

The Four Times of Day: Afternoon, c. 1740. Artist: Lancret, Nicolas (1690-1743)
The Four Times of Day: Afternoon, c. 1740. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

The backgammon players. Artist: Rosati, Giulio (1858-1917)
The backgammon players. From a private collection

Easy come, easy go, 1661. Artist: Steen, Jan Havicksz (1626-1679)
Easy come, easy go, 1661. Found in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Interior With A Woman Feeding A Parrot Two Men Playing Backgammon And Other Figures (The Parrot Cage), 1670. Found in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Vandredi Magic Revue (Poster), 1923. Artist: Anonymous
Vandredi Magic Revue (Poster), 1923. From a private collection

Spider-Woman (Poster), 1922. Artist: Anonymous
Spider-Woman (Poster), 1922. From a private collection

Soldiers playing dice before the city of Caesarea. Miniature from the Historia by William of Tyre, 1460s. Found in the collection of the Bibliotheque de Geneve

Backgammon Players, c. 1645. Artist: Teniers, David, the Younger (1610-1690)
Backgammon Players, c. 1645. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Card and Backgammon Players. Fight over Cards, 1620-1629. Artist: Rombouts, Theodor (1597-1637)
Card and Backgammon Players. Fight over Cards, 1620-1629. Found in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

The Entourage of Cleopatra, 1746-47. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
The Entourage of Cleopatra, 1746-47. One of the most important commissions carried out by Tiepolo in the 1740s was, without a doubt, the decoration of the Palazzo Labia in Venice

Camera obscura, 1646. A double camera obscura, rather out of scale, showing an image of a man burning in Hell. The image was produced by light from a lamp which travelled down the lens

Room in an Inn with Peasants Drinking, Smoking and Playing Backgam, 1678. Artist: Ostade, Adriaen Jansz
Room in an Inn with Peasants Drinking, Smoking and Playing Backgam, 1678. Found in the collection of the Albertina, Vienna

Geometric Roman floor mosaic with a depth illusion, from Munich

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