Attributed to Nicolas Henri JEAURAT de BERTRY (1728 - 1796) - Lot 61

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Attributed to Nicolas Henri JEAURAT de BERTRY (1728 - 1796) - Lot 61
Attributed to Nicolas Henri JEAURAT de BERTRY (1728 - 1796) Still life with a vase of flowers, cabbages, carrots and carp on an entablature; Still life with a vase of flowers, artichokes and peaches on an entablature Pair of canvases 92 x 125 cm Old restorations, lifting and missing parts Provenance : Anonymous sale, Paris, Galerie Charpentier (Me Rheims), June 14, 1955, no. 88 and 89, repr. pl. XLIII (attributed to Anne Vallayer Coster 500,000 fr both) ; Anonymous sale, Paris, Tajan, December 17, 2007, no. 93. Bibliography : M. Roland Michel, Anne Vallayer Coster, Paris, 1970, no. 211 and 212 ("ne sont pas de Vallayer Coster"). We thank Fabrice Faré for suggesting this attribution on the basis of color photographs. Nicolas-Henry Jeaurat de Bertry painted everyday objects with precision and vitality. A pupil of his uncle Etienne Jeaurat, Nicolas-Henry Jeaurat de Bertry was painter and boarder to Queen Marie Leszczynska at Versailles from 1761 to 1768. On the death of the queen, he returned to Paris, where he remained until the end of his life, painting both still lifes and portraits.
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