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Lot Essay
The son of the well-known still life painter Claude Huilliot, under whom he studied before entering the Académie in 1721, Pierre Nicolas Huilliot was a prolific artist. He exhibited at the Salon in Paris between 1737 and 1750, his success winning him royal patronage, working at Versailles, Fontainebleau and Compiègne.
Huilliot listed all of the pictures he painted for the ‘Comte de Denonville’ in an account book of 1741, where he states the dimensions and describes the present composition in great detail. This picture originally formed part of a decorative scheme to be inset into wall panelling with three other still lifes depicting vegetables, fish and game (Faré, op. cit., pp. 32-4, nos. 31-33). Although nothing is known of their original location, it is possible that François Debias-Aubry, liaising with Huilliot, oversaw the architectural setting of the paintings.
Huilliot listed all of the pictures he painted for the ‘Comte de Denonville’ in an account book of 1741, where he states the dimensions and describes the present composition in great detail. This picture originally formed part of a decorative scheme to be inset into wall panelling with three other still lifes depicting vegetables, fish and game (Faré, op. cit., pp. 32-4, nos. 31-33). Although nothing is known of their original location, it is possible that François Debias-Aubry, liaising with Huilliot, oversaw the architectural setting of the paintings.