Lot Essay
We are grateful to Monsieur Fabrice Far for confirming the attribution, having examined the picture.
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An ornamental silver ewer, a silver-gilt cup and cover and other flasks with fruit and flowers on a draped ledge , an ornamental stone and gilt flask, a silver and mother-of-pearl flask, an ornamental gold jug, shells, a mother-of-pearl inlaid wooden box, a book, a vase of roses, bluebells and other flowers, oranges and a red velvet cloth on a stone ledge against a column, a wooded landscape beyond
Details
MEIFFREN CONTE (Marseilles c. 1630-1705)
An ornamental silver ewer, a silver-gilt cup and cover and other flasks with fruit and flowers on a draped ledge
, an ornamental stone and gilt flask, a silver and mother-of-pearl flask, an ornamental gold jug, shells, a mother-of-pearl inlaid wooden box, a book, a vase of roses, bluebells and other flowers, oranges and a red velvet cloth on a stone ledge against a column, a wooded landscape beyond
oil on canvas
35.5/8 x 48 in. (90.5 x 121.9 cm.)
An ornamental silver ewer, a silver-gilt cup and cover and other flasks with fruit and flowers on a draped ledge
, an ornamental stone and gilt flask, a silver and mother-of-pearl flask, an ornamental gold jug, shells, a mother-of-pearl inlaid wooden box, a book, a vase of roses, bluebells and other flowers, oranges and a red velvet cloth on a stone ledge against a column, a wooded landscape beyond
oil on canvas
35.5/8 x 48 in. (90.5 x 121.9 cm.)
Literature
M. Far, Le Grand Sicle de la nature morte en France, le XVIIe sicle, Fribourg, 1974, p. 228, illustrated.