Still Life with Silver Alexandre François Desportes French Trained as a painter of animals and favored by both Louis XIV (1638–1715) and Louis XV (1710–1774), Desportes achieved fame not only for his hunting scenes but also for his opulent still lifes. This picture, probably painted in the 1720s, belongs to a type showing a buffet laden with an array of objects in silver, porcelain, and semi-precious stone as well as fruit—such as might have been displayed for a banquet. The objects may record actual pieces owned by the patron: the dragon-handled tureen and vermeil salvers are in the Régence s Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/still-life-with-silver-alexandre-franois-desportes-french-trained-as-a-painter-of-animals-and-favored-by-both-louis-xiv-16381715-and-louis-xv-17101774-desportes-achieved-fame-not-only-for-his-hunting-scenes-but-also-for-his-opulent-still-lifes-this-picture-probably-painted-in-the-1720s-belongs-to-a-type-showing-a-buffet-laden-with-an-array-of-objects-in-silver-porcelain-and-semi-precious-stone-as-well-as-fruitsuch-as-might-have-been-displayed-for-a-banquet-the-objects-may-record-actual-pieces-owned-by-the-patron-the-dragon-handled-tureen-and-vermeil-salvers-are-in-the-rgence-s-image458486308.html
RM2HHWRY0–Still Life with Silver Alexandre François Desportes French Trained as a painter of animals and favored by both Louis XIV (1638–1715) and Louis XV (1710–1774), Desportes achieved fame not only for his hunting scenes but also for his opulent still lifes. This picture, probably painted in the 1720s, belongs to a type showing a buffet laden with an array of objects in silver, porcelain, and semi-precious stone as well as fruit—such as might have been displayed for a banquet. The objects may record actual pieces owned by the patron: the dragon-handled tureen and vermeil salvers are in the Régence s
Still Life with Silver by Alexandre François Desportes - French - 1681–1743 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/still-life-with-silver-by-alexandre-franois-desportes-french-16811743-image425492572.html
RM2FM6T38–Still Life with Silver by Alexandre François Desportes - French - 1681–1743
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