THE BIRD SELLER AND THE CHILDREN, MINIATURE ON BOX, CIRCA 1750
Charming miniature circa 1750. In a modest room, a woman, probably a bird seller, is surrounded with small birdcages. All around her, young children try to catch up passerine escapees. The scene teems with charming details as the dishes of stonewares, bowls and drinking troughs of blown glass, the boughs and the gramineous for birds ... If the atmosphere is reminiscent of François Boucher's works such "La belle cuisinière" (painted on wood too) or "La belle villageoise", the pictorial touch too is in the lineage of the master. We know that François Boucher (1703-1770) made miniatures, but it is for the moment impossible to clarify witch one are from his hand from those of the miniaturists whom he influenced. Miniature painted on an precious wood (lemon tree?) , mounted as a snuff box's lid.TECHNIQUE:
Oil on wood
ARSTIST:
Entourage de François Boucher
SIGNED:
FRAME :
Tortoiseshell box, gilded circle metal mount
PORTRAIT SIZE:
6,5cm
FRAME SIZE:
8cm
DESCRIPTION :
CONDITION:
Very good condition. Cleaned by Dr. Bernd Pappe. Original craquelure in the paint layer
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Lemoine Bouchard page 113; Heath, 1905 page 244; Mesuret 1972 page 451