Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
List of Images

Introduction: Hiding in Plain Sight

Part I: Divergent Patterns
1. Two Models in Context: Northern Realist Art in France
2. France at the Intersection: Configuring the French Response to Northern Realism

Part II: Transformations
3. Fractured Spaces: Staging the King’s Portrait
4. In Death as in Life

Part III: Patterns of Change
5. The Great Reveal
6. Legacies

Coda: Trompe l’oeil Illusions and the Thoughts They Inspire

Notes
Works Cited

About the Author

Harriet Stone is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Washington University in St. Louis.

Reviews

"This work is notable for its rich, sensitive, and perceptive analysis of the artistic works, and the thought-provoking parallels and contrasts developed throughout." - Richard Maber (Modern Language Review) "Stone makes a persuasive claim by demonstrating how Dutch realistic painting gradually chipped away at the French monarchy’s hold on ideas.[…] This claim is bold enough to require extensive explanation, which Stone provides within a strong conceptual framework." - Hanneke Grootenboer, Radboud University (H-France)