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Alexandre-François Desportes (Champigneuilles 1661-1743 Paris)
Lot 32

Alexandre-François Desportes (Champigneuilles 1661-1743 Paris)

Study of tulips

Closed30 January 2014

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Alexandre-François Desportes (Champigneuilles 1661-1743 Paris)
Study of tulips
oil on paper
17 1/8 x 12 3/8 in. (43.5 x 31.9 cm.)

Specialist note

Pierre Jacky dates this study to around 1676-91 and suggests that Desportes borrowed the motifs from a painting by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (1636-1699).