French School 18th Century, Follower Of Vallayer Coster Flower Painting, Oil On Canvas 69x63cm

French School of the late 18th or early 19th century, still life: bouquet of flowers in an openwork basket on an entablature, oil on rectangular canvas with oval view in a beautiful Louis XVI frame in carved wood and gilded with gold leaf. The painting dates from the 1800s, the frame as well. Beautiful composition; an explosion of fresh and delicate colors, the flowers (assemblage of roses, peonies, poppies, tulips, wild flowers) are perfectly represented, as is the basket vase. Very decorative and furnishing format, very scrupulous work of a follower or student of Anne Vallayer Coster. Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744-1818) is one of the most prestigious female painters of the 18th century, admitted to the Royal Academy of Painting in 1770. If she distinguished herself with very delicate portraits, she is best known as a painter of still lifes, and more particularly of flowers. She was very early under the protection of Queen Marie-Antoinette, who appreciated artists and especially female painters. Diderot said of her at the Paris Salon in 1771: "Melle Vallayer astonishes us as much as she enchants us. It is nature rendered here with an inconceivable force of truth, and at the same time, a harmony of colors that seduces." This painting, the work of a follower, is a summary of her style. In excellent condition. The painting is cleaned as well as the wooden frame gilded with gold leaf. Frame: 69cm x 62.8cm Canvas: 64.5cm x 53.5cm