Henri Millot

The canvas appears to be unlined but is still tightly secured to it original stretcher. There are three old damages patched to the reverse, the largest of which is approx 12 cm long lower right. The paint surface is secure, clean and in good condition retaining much of its original impasto. Inspection under UV light reveals some scattered areas of restoration most notably lower left and in the areas of aforementioned patched damage. Offered in an ornate carved gilt wood frame in good condition.
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Millot was apprenticed to Nicolas de Largillière in Paris before 1699, and Largillière would remain his strongest influence until the end of his career. Although a member of the Guild of St. Luke in Paris, his peripatetic career saw him travel widely in Europe; to Munich, for example, from 1721-24, and to Strasbourg in 1730. His small oeuvre consists in its entirety of portraits, examples of which are to be found in the Château de Schleissheim and the Museum of Foreign Art, Helsinki.