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MICHEL DE BOUILLON (ERE, NEAR TOURNAI BEFORE 1638-1674 ?)
Lot 14

MICHEL DE BOUILLON (ERE, NEAR TOURNAI BEFORE 1638-1674 ?)

A kitchen interior with three figures and with fruits, vegetables, poultry, fish, hares, and a bouquet of flowers

Closed23 May 2024

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USD 50,000–70,000

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MICHEL DE BOUILLON (ERE, NEAR TOURNAI BEFORE 1638-1674 ?)
A kitchen interior with three figures and with fruits, vegetables, poultry, fish, hares, and a bouquet of flowers
signed and dated 'M. Bouillon, 1670' (lower right)
oil on canvas
88 ½ x 52 in. (225 x 132 cm.)

Private collection, South America, until recently acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

Michel de Bouillon painted religious subjects, interior scenes, and still lifes of fruit and flowers. Though his life and career remain relatively obscure, in 1638 he is documented as a master in Ere, a small village near Tournai, and he later worked in France until 1668. In this composition, the wide array of fruits, vegetables, and meats set in a kitchen interior take inspiration from earlier norther painters like Floris van Schooten and Joachim Bueckelaer.