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A Fine Harvest of Fruit and Portraits

Result EUR588,800
Published on , by Anne Doridou-Heim
Auction on 24 June 2019 - 14:30 (CEST) - Salle 9 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

The paintings in the Yvonne and Jean Riechers collection mainly featured the early 17th century still life genre in France. The more unobtrusive portraits came as a surprise.

Louyse Moillon (vers 1610-1696), Nature morte de quetsches (Still life with damsons),... A Fine Harvest of Fruit and Portraits
Louyse Moillon (vers 1610-1696), Nature morte de quetsches (Still life with damsons), oil on cradled oak panel, 31.5 x 48.5 cm.
Result: €588,800
All the still lifes but two found buyers, while the four other works remaining unsold were landscapes. Two lots lay outside this group: a drawing by Anne-Louis Girodet (1767-1824), Ariane , withdrawn before the sale, and a painting by Louyse Moillon (ca. 1610-1696): an appetising Nature morte de quetsches (Still life with damsons…
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TABLEAUX & DESSINS ANCIENS - Collection Riechers et à divers
Monday 24 June 2019 - 14:30 (CEST) - Live
Salle 9 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris
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Jean Riechers Collection: Reviving the Still Life
Pre-sale
Jean Riechers Collection: Reviving the Still Life

Starting in the 1950s, impassioned scholars Yvonne and Jean Riechers assembled a collection of Old Master paintings, seeking out little-known or forgotten artists, and giving fresh glory to a long-discredited genre.
Isaak Soreau, Simplicity and Abundance
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Isaak Soreau, Simplicity and Abundance

His father’s student, Isaak Soreau completed his training as a still-life painter first with Stoskopff, then with Van Hulsdonck in Antwerp. This work from the former Riechers collection features two of the genre’s characteristics: simplicity and abundance.

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