Lot 38
38
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer* (1636-1699)

Hydrangeas, Tulips, Peonies and other Flowers in a glass Bowl on a stone Ledge--an overdoor

Details
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer* (1636-1699)
Hydrangeas, Tulips, Peonies and other Flowers in a glass Bowl on a stone Ledge--an overdoor
oil on canvas
17¾ x 45¼in. (45 x 115cm.)
Provenance
with Galerie Cailleux, Paris.
Literature
M. Faré, La Nature Morte en France, 1963, II, no. 240.
S.H. Paviére, Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer 1636-1699, 1966, p. 22, no. 87, pl. 1.
M. and F. Faré, Le Grand Siècle de la Nature Morte en France: Le XVIIe Siècle, 1974, illustrated p. 295.
Exhibited
Saint-Etienne, Musée des Beaux-Arts, M. Allemand, Natures Mortes de L'Antiquité au XVIIIème, May 2-June 7, 1954, p. 17, no. 36, pl. II.
Rotterdam, Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, Vier Eeuwen Stilleven in Frankrijk, July 10-Sept. 20, 1954, no. 27.
Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Louis XIV, Fastes et décors, May-October, 1960, no. 531.
Caen, Hôtel d'Escoville, J.B. Blin de Fontenay (1653-1715), July 10-Oct. 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 of Lilies, Roses and Poppies in a Bowl on a stone Ledge (see M. and F. Faré, op. cit., 1974, p. 295).