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A fine still-life of flowers in a basket on a stone ledge including parrot tulips, delpheniums, convolvi and old roses, next to a bird's nest containing eggs, a goldfinch and a snail
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PIERRE JOSEPH REDOUT (1759-1840)
A fine still-life of flowers in a basket on a stone ledge including parrot tulips, delpheniums, convolvi and old roses, next to a bird's nest containing eggs, a goldfinch and a snail
signed and dated 'P. J. Redout' (lower left) and '1788.' (lower right)
on paper
2.15/16 in. (75 mm.) diam., with mother-of-pearl reverse, later mounted on a silver-gilt bonbonnire
A fine still-life of flowers in a basket on a stone ledge including parrot tulips, delpheniums, convolvi and old roses, next to a bird's nest containing eggs, a goldfinch and a snail
signed and dated 'P. J. Redout' (lower left) and '1788.' (lower right)
on paper
2.15/16 in. (75 mm.) diam., with mother-of-pearl reverse, later mounted on a silver-gilt bonbonnire
Provenance
Lon Decloux; Htel Drouot, Paris, 14-15 February 1898, lot 213 (800 Gold Francs).
Literature
H. Mireur, Dictionnaire des ventes d'art, Paris, 1912, VI, p. 151.
E. Bnzit, Dictionnaire [...] des peintres, Paris, 1999, vol. 11, p. 508.
E. Bnzit, Dictionnaire [...] des peintres, Paris, 1999, vol. 11, p. 508.