Anonymous French Painter From The First Half Of The 17th C, The Crowning Of A Poet (?)

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Object description :

"Anonymous French Painter From The First Half Of The 17th C, The Crowning Of A Poet (?)"

Anonymous French painter, first half 17^th century
The crowning of a poet (?)
(probably a subject taken from “L’Astrée” by Honoré d’Urfé)
Oil on panel : 75,8 X 76,2 cm
Unsigned
Frame : 90,5 X 90,2 cm

The subject of our painting is a courtly celebration of love. Our mysterious composition breaths an enchanting musical and theatrical mood and dreamy melancholy that one finds back in the early 16^th century masterpieces of Giorgione and in the early 18^th century “fêtes galantes” of Antoine Watteau.

Its subject must be derived from one of the numerous storylines in the 5.399 pages of the contemporary French pastoral romance of Astrée and Céladon.

All my paintings stand fully documented on my website:
https://www.jeanmoust.com/categories/portraits-genre-and-exterior-scenes/anonymous-french-painter-first-half-17th-century/the-crowning -of-a-poet-3f-4165403

Price: 5 500 €