Lot Essay
Another slightly smaller composition by Desportes, with virtually identical still life elements, was sold at Christie's, London, 7 July 2000, lot 169 (£38,775 = $58,160).
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A hunting still life with a dead hare and game birds on a stone plinth, with a basket of plums, a bowl of peaches, asparagus, artichokes, a cucumber and a pear
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ALEXANDRE-FRANOIS DESPORTES (Champagne 1661-1743 Paris)
A hunting still life with a dead hare and game birds on a stone plinth, with a basket of plums, a bowl of peaches, asparagus, artichokes, a cucumber and a pear
signed 'Desportes' (on the plinth)
oil on canvas
49½ x 37 in. (125.7 x 94 cm.)
A hunting still life with a dead hare and game birds on a stone plinth, with a basket of plums, a bowl of peaches, asparagus, artichokes, a cucumber and a pear
signed 'Desportes' (on the plinth)
oil on canvas
49½ x 37 in. (125.7 x 94 cm.)