A Mouth-Watering Still Life by Louyse Moillon

Published on 23 June 2022, by Claire Papon

Auction on 28 June 2022 - 15:00 (CEST) - Salle 9 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

These strawberries, cherries, currants and plums look good enough to eat.

Louyse Moillon (1609/1610-1696), Nature morte au panier de quetsches (Still Life... A Mouth-Watering Still Life by Louyse Moillon

Louyse Moillon (1609/1610-1696), Nature morte au panier de quetsches (Still Life with a Basket of Plums), oil on panel, 47.9 x 39 cm/18.85 x 15.35 in.
Estimate: €800,000/1.2 M

On March 25 (Aguttes OVV), Louyse Moillon’s Nature morte à la coupe de fraises, panier de cerises, branche de groseilles à maquereau ( Still Life with a Bowl of Strawberries, Basket of Cherries and Twig of Gooseberries ), estimated €150,000/200,000, fetched €1,662,400…

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