French School, 19th Century

Oscar and Maria Salzer, Los Angeles;
By whom given to the Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art and Science, 1983 (acc. no. FMM 82.62).

Lawrence, KS, Museum of Art of the University of Kansas, The Salzer Collection.  Trompe l'Oeil and Still Life Paintings:  A Loan Exhibition, 4 October - 1 November 1964, no. 30, reproduced p. 21 (as Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Oudry);
Charlotte, NC, The Mint Museum of Art, The Salzer Collection, Trompe-L'Oeil and Still Life Paintings,  A Loan Exhibition, 14 February - 7 March 1965, cat. no. 30 (as Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Oudry);
Los Angeles, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California; Seattle, WA, Seattle Art Museum; Honolulu, HI, Honolulu Academy of Art; Santa Barbara, CA, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Reality and Deception, 16 October 1974 – 20 April 1975, cat. no. 81, reproduced (as French School, 19th Century);
Nagoya, Nagoya City Art Museum; Bunkamura, The Bunkamura Museum of Art; Hyogo, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Visual Deception, 11 April 2009 - 3 November 2009, cat. no. 26, reproduced p. 64 (as French School, 19th Century).

Portraits of Objects, Oscar and Maria Salzer Collection of Still Life and Trompe-L'Oeil Paintings, Fresno 1984, cat. no. 51, reproduced (as French School, 18th Century).

Relined and surface has been pressed. the dark background areas are thin and there is some abrasion to some of the objects such as the scissors to right of the candle and the covered box at lower center. an old discolored repaint can be seen in background at center right. composition still reads well and presents a decorative image. ultraviolet light reveals some scattered retouches mostly in background areas and in faux wood cabinet; a few can be seen on book bindings, candlestick and barber's tools at lower right. some retouches around edges. In a plain brown wood frame.
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