Droste effect

English
A box of Droste cocoa powder, which exhibits and gave its name to the effect.

Etymology

From the image used on Droste cocoa powder, one of the main Dutch brands, of a nurse carrying a serving tray with a cup of hot chocolate and a box with the same image. The company was founded by Gerardus Johannes Droste in 1863.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɹɔstə əˈfɛkt/

Noun

Droste effect (plural Droste effects)

  1. The effect of a picture appearing within itself recursively, so that the inner picture contains another even smaller picture, and so on.

See also
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