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Lot 109
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Meiffren Conte Marseilles circa 1630-1705

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Meiffren Conte
  • A still life with elaborate silver and gold jugs, a silver platter representing the Judgement of Paris, a candlestick with Hercules and various fruit all arranged on a partly draped table
  • oil on canvas

Provenance

Spencer A. Samuels collection, New York;
Anonymous sale, Monaco, Sotheby's, 6 December 1987, lot 73.

Literature

M. Faré, Le Grand Siècle de la Nature Morte en France. Le XVIIe siècle, Fribourg 1974, p. 224, reproduced (with wrong dimensions).

Catalogue Note

The candlestick, held aloft by Hercules, recurs throughout Conte's œuvre; see, for example, his similar still life in the Karlsruhe Museum (see M. Faré, under Literature, p. 225, reproduced). It was designed by Charles Le Brun for Louis XIV and is mentioned in the royal inventory.