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François Lepage Lyon 1796-1871
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30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description
- François Lepage
- Still Life of Peaches, Plums, a Bunch of Grapes and an Empire Silver Water Pitcher all Resting on a Ledge
- signed and dated lower right Lepage / 1822
- oil on canvas
Catalogue Note
A native of Lyon, François Lepage became a professor of that city's Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1826. He was known for his sumptuous still lifes of fruits and flowers, many of which he exhibited at the Salon de Paris from 1822 - 1835.
The Empire silver water pitcher depicted here is in the style of Jean-Baptiste Claude Odiot (1763 - 1850) or Martin-Guillaume Biennais (1764 - 1843), two of the most renowned silversmiths and cabinetmakers of the last decade of the eighteenth and the first decades of the nineteenth centuries. Both men enjoyed the patronage of Napoleon I (Biennais became his personal silversmith during the Consulate) and other illustrious figures, such as Thomas Jefferson (Odiot) and Napoleon's sister, Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese (Biennais).
The Empire silver water pitcher depicted here is in the style of Jean-Baptiste Claude Odiot (1763 - 1850) or Martin-Guillaume Biennais (1764 - 1843), two of the most renowned silversmiths and cabinetmakers of the last decade of the eighteenth and the first decades of the nineteenth centuries. Both men enjoyed the patronage of Napoleon I (Biennais became his personal silversmith during the Consulate) and other illustrious figures, such as Thomas Jefferson (Odiot) and Napoleon's sister, Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese (Biennais).