Pierre-Nicolas Huilliot (Paris 1674-1751)
拍品 60 Property from The Collection of Dr Peter D. Sommer (Lot 60)

Pierre-Nicolas Huilliot (Paris 1674-1751)

Roses, peonies and other flowers in an urn, grapes and peaches in a basket on a ledge, with further overflowing fruit

已结束2017年3月29日

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Pierre-Nicolas Huilliot (Paris 1674-1751)
Roses, peonies and other flowers in an urn, grapes and peaches in a basket on a ledge, with further overflowing fruit
signed and dated 'Huilliot•1742' (lower left)
oil on canvas
67½ x 44¼ in. (172.4 x 112.3 cm.)

Commissioned from the artist by the architect François Debias-Aubry, for Pierre René de Brisay, Marquis de Denonville (d. 1746), brigadier of the Royal Army, for 300 livres.
Marquis de Paris.
with Segoura, Paris, where acquired by Dr. Sommer.

专家说明

The son of the well-known still life painter Claude Huilliot, under whom he studied before entering the Académie in 1721, Pierre Nicolas Huilliot was a prolific artist. He exhibited at the Salon in Paris between 1737 and 1750, his success winning him royal patronage, working at Versailles, Fontainebleau and Compiègne.

Huilliot listed all of the pictures he painted for the ‘Comte de Denonville’ in an account book of 1741, where he states the dimensions and describes the present composition in great detail. This picture originally formed part of a decorative scheme to be inset into wall panelling with three other still lifes depicting vegetables, fish and game (Faré, op. cit., pp. 32-4, nos. 31-33). Although nothing is known of their original location, it is possible that François Debias-Aubry, liaising with Huilliot, oversaw the architectural setting of the paintings.