Lot Essay
A similar composition signed and dated 1715 is in the North Carolina Museum of Art at Raleigh.
Details
ALEXANDRE-FRANÇOIS DESPORTES* (1661-1743)
Flowers in a sculpted Urn with a Bowl of Wild Strawberries and Game on a Ledge
signed 'Desportes 1715'--oil on canvas
40 x 31½in. (101.5 x 80cm.)
Flowers in a sculpted Urn with a Bowl of Wild Strawberries and Game on a Ledge
signed 'Desportes 1715'--oil on canvas
40 x 31½in. (101.5 x 80cm.)
Provenance
with Knoedler, London
Kiser Estate; sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Oct. 1-2, 1959, lot 256
with Schaeffer Galleries, Inc., New York
Kiser Estate; sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Oct. 1-2, 1959, lot 256
with Schaeffer Galleries, Inc., New York
Literature
Advertisement in The Burlington Magazine, Dec. 1959