P: Tenchein, After Alexandre François Desportes

French school in the style of the 17th century, after Alexandre-François Desportes Still life with partridge, ewer and summer fruits Oil on canvas, relined. This still life depicts a game hanging in sumptuous hues, accompanied by a silver-gilt ewer and a silver cup filled with apricots and plums, all delicately placed in an architectural niche. The richness of the colors, the fine detail and the accuracy of the textures give the whole a striking impression of reality. Inspired by the style of Alexandre-François Desportes, this composition brilliantly illustrates the art of celebrating abundance and the pleasures of the senses. It demonstrates a pictorial refinement where the balance of forms rivals the subtlety of the materials. In a refined niche, a suspended partridge sits alongside a silver-gilt ewer and a silver bowl filled with summer fruits. The abundance of elements, the precision of the details, and the brilliance of the colors reflect the art of celebrating nature and the pleasures of the table, in the tradition of the great animal painter Desportes. (Alexandre-François Desportes (1661-1743)