10/05/2023
Anne Vallayer-Coster was a major 18th-century French painter best known for still lifes. 💐⠀
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She achieved fame and recognition very early in her career, being admitted to the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1770, at the age of twenty-six.⠀
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The present painting is a remarkable and unexpected rediscovery. Last exhibited in public in 1783, the painting was regarded as among the artist's signature masterpieces when it appeared at the Paris Salon in 1783.⠀
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The bouquet – composed of meticulously studied, exquisitely rendered blooms – includes roses, irises, lilacs, carnations, hollyhocks and dahlias.⠀
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Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744-1818), An Alabaster Vase filled with Flowers, Estimate: €600,000-€1,000,000.⠀
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Maîtres Anciens : Peintures - Sculptures: 15 June, 2PM CEST. Live Auction, Paris.⠀
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