Still Life Of Fleurs - Jean-louis Prévost (nointel 1760 - Paris 1810)

"Still life of flowers" Jean-Louis Prévost (Nointel 1760 - Paris 1810) Written expertise of prof. Giovanni Gentile expert in art from the court of Milan. Oil painting on canvas Last quarter of '700 Canvas: 45 x 55 frame 60 x 70 The work is in excellent condition with its splendid carved and gilded wooden frame. It is a real pleasure to admire this magnificent bouquet of flowers particularly rich in botanical species, a wide variety of colors and pictorial refinements. The exuberant floral composition, placed in a richly decorated Medici vase, is truly superb, while maintaining a rigidly schematic frame of sober elegance. Indeed, the asymmetrical dictates of the Rococo being today exceeded, the Prévost exhibits here the wide variety of flowers with a typical image of the Louis XVI period. Note: Jean Louis Prévost was part of a large family of highly skilled artists, but the extraordinary level of his work, both painted and drawn, was so high that he quickly established himself, along with Pierre Joseph Redouté, as the leading botanical artist of his generation in France. His works always maintain a standard of absolute perfection, whatever the technique used, whether they are done in pencil, gouache or more rarely in oil on canvas. This splendid vase filled with a lovely bouquet of flowers perfectly sums up all that is most significant in his work. with all its original color vividness and exquisite detail. "Jean Louis Prévost was the most famous member of a family of French painters specializing in the representation of flowers and fruits. He was born in the village of Nointel, near Beaumont-sur-Oise, and trained in Paris, in Jean Jacques Bachelier's studio. His exquisite paintings were highly sought after in the second half of the 18th century. Examples of his work can then be found in the great collections of the time, notably those of the Prince de Conti, the Marquis de Livois , the Marquise de Langeac and financiers Nicolas Beaujon, Augustin Blondel de Gagny and Alexis Janvier La Live de la Briche. various ornamental uses of different floral species.The works of Jean-Louis Prévost le Jeune are exhibited in many European museums and the results of international auctions can be expected. paint very important numbers.