Jean-Baptiste Blin de Fontenay (1653-1715)

Parrot tulips, carnations, daffodils and other flowers in a basket on a pedestal

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Jean-Baptiste Blin de Fontenay (1653-1715)
Parrot tulips, carnations, daffodils and other flowers in a basket on a pedestal
oil on canvas
33.5/8 x 49.5/8in. (85.5 x 126cm.)

Provenance

Mrs. Cummins Mebane, Jr., North Carolina.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 15 January 1985, lot 8.
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 10 June 1994, lot 11.

Lot Essay

A pupil of Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, Fontenay faithfully followed his master's tradition of painting ostentatious floral compositions. The present work is similar to a Bouquet of Flowers on a table in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (R.F. 1956-3) (for illustration, see M. Faré, Le grande siècle de la nature morte en France, 1974, p. 326).

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