A World Record in Bordeaux for a Work by Alexandre-François Desportes

Result EUR2,029,500

Published on 25 September 2020, by Philippe Dufour

Auction on 19 September 2020 - 14:30 (CEST) - 12-14, rue Peyronnet - 33800 Bordeaux

His dazzling, virtuosic rendering of fruit skins and birds' plumage made the master's Still Life a distinct rival to an extremely rare series of Inca emperor portraits.

Alexandre-François Desportes (1661-1743), Nature morte au trophée de gibier, fruits... A World Record in Bordeaux for a Work by Alexandre-François Desportes

Alexandre-François Desportes (1661-1743), Nature morte au trophée de gibier, fruits et perroquet sur fond de niche (Still Life with game trophy, fruit and parrot against a niche), 1716, oil on canvas, 102.5 x 83 cm.
Result: €2,029,500

€2,029,500 was the dizzying height achieved by Still Life with game trophy, fruit and parrot against a niche painted by Alexandre-François Desportes in 1716. And it took less than five minutes, during which "five big business…

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This still life by François Desportes making its auction debut illustrates the influence of the Regent, a bon vivant and aesthete, barely a year after the Sun King's death. In excellent condition, the painting has been passed down through the family of the collector Louis Burat to the present day.