Droste effect

The effect is named after Droste, a Dutch brand of cocoa, with an image designed by Jan Misset in 1904.

The Droste effect is named after the image on the tins and boxes of Droste cocoa powder which displayed a nurse carrying a serving tray with a cup of hot chocolate and a box with the same image, designed by Jan Misset.

[2] This familiar image was introduced in 1904 and maintained for decades with slight variations from 1912 by artists including Adolphe Mouron.

The altarpiece portrays in its centre panel Cardinal Giacomo Gaetani Stefaneschi offering the triptych itself to St.

[4] The Droste effect is a theme in Russell Hoban's children's novel, The Mouse and His Child, appearing in the form of a label on a can of "Bonzo Dog Food" which depicts itself.

[15] The main menu screen for The Stanley Parable (and the re-release The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe), known for its self-referential humor and commentary about video games, shows the protagonist's desk on which a computer monitor displays the same main menu screen.