What is Trompe-l'oeil?

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Works featured:
Benvenuto Tisi Called Il Garofalo, Treasure Room Fresco (1503-1506), National Archaeological Museum Of Ferrara.
Pompeian Painter, Still Life With Glass Bowl Of Fruit And Vases (63-79), Naples National Archaeological Museum.
Pere Borrell Del Caso, Escaping Criticism (1874), Bank Of Spain Headquarters (Banco De España), Madrid.
Jan Van Eyck, Annunciation (1439), Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza.
Antonio Pérez De Aguilar, Cupboard (C.1769), Museo Nacional De Arte, Mexico.
Nicola Van Houbraken, Self-Portrait (C. 1720), Uffizi.
Francesco Borromini, Forced Perspective Gallery, Palazzo Spada, Italy.
Image Credits: Livioandronico2013 (Cc By-Sa 4.0)
Alessandro And Giovanni Battista Maganza And Anselmo Canera, Interiour From La Rotunda (1567-1592), Villa Capra "La Rotonda" (Villa Almerico Capra Valmarana), Veneto, Italy.
Image Credits: Hans A. Rosbach (Cc By-Sa 3.0)
Petrus Christus, Portrait Of A Carthusian (1446), Metropolitan Museum Of Art.
Evert Collier, Still Life (1696), Indianapolis Museum Of Art.