A still life with a loaf, a vase of flowers, a cake, bottles, a deck of cards and nuts, on a stone ledge

Details

Lelong, active circa 1800
A still life with a loaf, a vase of flowers, a cake, bottles, a deck of cards and nuts, on a stone ledge
inscribed 'Henriette Marquiset. 1825 -' (verso)
black lead, bodycolour
5 7/8 x 7¾ in. (149 x 197 mm.)

Provenance

Mrs Egerton Winthrop (according to a label attached to the frame).

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Lot Essay

This drawing comes from a group of still lifes which have traditionally been associated with the name Lelong. The pencil attribution to the equally mysterious Henriette Marquiset on the verso of the present work may suggest an alternative identification.

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