Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer

Mrs. E. Cotes-Preedy;

By whom sold ("The Property of Mrs. E. Cotes-Preedy"), London, Sotheby's, 9 June 1955, lot 146;

Where acquired by Agnew's, London (inv. nos. 17005, 17006), for £920;

Private collection, England, by 1987;

With Brod Gallery, London;

From whom acquired by a private collector, New York, 1990;

Thence by descent to the present collector.

S.H. Pavière, Jean Baptiste Monnoyer, Leigh-on-Sea 1966, p. 27, cat. nos. 152, 153.

The leading French flower painter of the seventeenth century, Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer was celebrated in the court of Louis XIV for his vibrant depictions of elaborate floral arrangements. In these effervescent bouquets, tulips, roses, convolvulus, and lilies fill two glass vases that sit on stone ledges.