Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (Lille 1636-1699 London)

Carnations, lilies, roses and other flowers in a glass vase on a stone ledge - an overdoor

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Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (Lille 1636-1699 London)
Carnations, lilies, roses and other flowers in a glass vase on a stone ledge - an overdoor
oil on canvas
17½ x 45¼ in. (44.5 x 114.9 cm.)

Provenance

with Galerie Cailleux, by 1954.

Literature

M. Faré, La Nature Morte en France, Geneva, 1963, II, no. 241, illustrated.
S.H. Pavière, Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, 1636-1699, Leigh-on-Sea, 1966, p. 22, no. 86, pl. 1.
M. Faré, Le Grand Siècle de la Nature Morte en France: Le XVII Siècle, Fribourg, 1974, p. 295, illustrated.

Exhibited

Rotterdam, Boijmans Von Beuningen Museum, Vier Eeuwen stilleven in Frankrijk, May 2-June 7, 1954, no. 26.
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Louis XIV, Fastes et décors, May-October 1960, no. 532.
Caen, Hôtel d'Escoville, J.B. Blin de Fontenay (1653-1715), July 10-October 31, 1965, no. 1.
Paris, Galerie Cailleux, Fleurs et Fruits, 1968, no. 12.

Lot Essay

In all of the above exhibitions, the present work was exhibited alongside an overdoor of identical proportions (see M. Faré, loc. cit., p. 295) which was subsequently sold at Christie's, New York, 23 May 1997, lot 38.

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