Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer - Still Life with Hyacinths, Peonies, Narcissi, and Chrysanthemums in a Glass Vase - image-1

Lot 1087 Dα

Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer - Still Life with Hyacinths, Peonies, Narcissi, and Chrysanthemums in a Glass Vase

Auction 1141 - overview Cologne
16.11.2019, 11:00 - Paintings and Drawings 15th - 19th C.
Estimate: 20.000 € - 25.000 €
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Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer

Still Life with Hyacinths, Peonies, Narcissi, and Chrysanthemums in a Glass Vase

Oil on canvas (relined). 52 x 72.5 cm.
Remains of a signature to the lower right: JBaptiste.

Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer was the most acclaimed French still life painter of the 17th centurry. Following his artistic training, which is thought to have taken place in Flanders, he moved to Paris at age 19. There he was engaged in the decoration of various town palaces before joining the artistic circle of Charles Le Brun, who was responsible for the decoration of the royal palaces. Through this, Monnoyer found work in Vincennes, Saint-Cloud, Versailles, and Marly.

After painting some narrative works during his early phase, Monnoyer soon specialised in still lifes with a penchant for elegant flower arrangements enlivened by valuable vases, draperies, and architectural elements.

Provenance

Auctioned by Koller, Zürich, 19.9.1995, lot 86. – German private collection.