Jean-Baptiste Oudry
(Paris 1686–1755 Beauvais)
Still life in with a thistle in bloom and fruit,
signed and dated lower left: peint par/J. B. Oudry/1717,
oil on canvas, 87.5 x 83.3 cm, framed
Provenance:
Galerie Jürg Stuker auction, Berne, 20-27.11.1958, lot 4649;
Galerie Jürg Stuker, Berne, 23.5.1997, lot 4280;
Nagel auction, Stuttgart, 21.9.2006, lot 1666;
Austrian private collection.
Literature:
Hal N. Opperman, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, New York and London 1977, p. 541, cat. raisonné no. P478.
Thistles, which are not depicted in still life painting very frequently, are a symbol of resistance in the sense of ‘No-one touches me without being punished’. It was in this vein that they were included, for instance, in the coat-of-arms of the capital of Lorraine, Nancy. They are still used as an emblem of Scotland today. The combination of a thistle with fruit was depicted again by Jean-Baptiste Oudry in 1721. The picture ended up in the collection of Tsarina Catherine the Great and is held today in the Pushkin Museum, Moscow.
Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556
old.masters@dorotheum.com
17.04.2013 - 18:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 24,700.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 20,000.- to EUR 30,000.-
Jean-Baptiste Oudry
(Paris 1686–1755 Beauvais)
Still life in with a thistle in bloom and fruit,
signed and dated lower left: peint par/J. B. Oudry/1717,
oil on canvas, 87.5 x 83.3 cm, framed
Provenance:
Galerie Jürg Stuker auction, Berne, 20-27.11.1958, lot 4649;
Galerie Jürg Stuker, Berne, 23.5.1997, lot 4280;
Nagel auction, Stuttgart, 21.9.2006, lot 1666;
Austrian private collection.
Literature:
Hal N. Opperman, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, New York and London 1977, p. 541, cat. raisonné no. P478.
Thistles, which are not depicted in still life painting very frequently, are a symbol of resistance in the sense of ‘No-one touches me without being punished’. It was in this vein that they were included, for instance, in the coat-of-arms of the capital of Lorraine, Nancy. They are still used as an emblem of Scotland today. The combination of a thistle with fruit was depicted again by Jean-Baptiste Oudry in 1721. The picture ended up in the collection of Tsarina Catherine the Great and is held today in the Pushkin Museum, Moscow.
Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556
old.masters@dorotheum.com
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| Auction: | Old Master Paintings |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 17.04.2013 - 18:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
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