Tulipa Gesneriana; and Primevere Auricule

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MADAME PEIGNÉ, NÉE JOUANON (ACTIVE CIRCA 1790-DIED 1815)
Tulipa Gesneriana; and Primevere Auricule
signed and dated 'M^de Peigné pinxit l'an 12'; and 'M^de Peigné pinxit 1810';
with inscriptions on the mount 'No 42 Tulipe des jardins. Tulipa Gesneriana'; and 'Primevere Auricule. Oreille D'Ours. Primula Auricula Lin.'
black chalk and bodycolour; the former with watermark 'D & C Blauw', the latter with watermark 'C & I Honig'
17 1/3 x 12 5/8 in. (44 x 32 cm.); and 161/2 x 11 1/8 in. (42 x 28 cm.)
(2)two

Provenance

The Oberkampf family; thence by descent.
Anonymous sale; Christie's London, 6 July 1993, lots 152 and 153.

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Lot Essay

Madame Peigné was a pupil of Jean-Siméon Chardin and Van Spaendonck, before she became an important textile designer in the late 18th century. Her fruit and flower drawings, in which she specialised, were intended as designs for the famous Oberkampf textile factory, established near Versailles in 1760 (see E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des peintres et sculpteurs dessinateurs et graveurs, Paris, 1999, X, p. 691).

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