Lot Essay
Pierre Jacky dates this study to around 1676-91 and suggests that Desportes borrowed the motifs from a painting by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (1636-1699).
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Study of tulips
Details
Alexandre-François Desportes (Champigneuilles 1661-1743 Paris)
Study of tulips
oil on paper
17 1/8 x 12 3/8 in. (43.5 x 31.9 cm.)
Study of tulips
oil on paper
17 1/8 x 12 3/8 in. (43.5 x 31.9 cm.)
Literature
G. de Lastic and P. Jacky, Desportes. Catalogue raisonné, Saint-Rémy-en-l'Eau, 2010, no. P.29bis.
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