A court favorite during the reigns of Louis XIV and XV, Alexandre-François Desportes would often follow the royal hunt, making on-site sketches of dead game. The king would then review his notebook and choose subjects for finished paintings, which Desportes would adorn with exquisite examples of contemporary silverware. Still Life with Dressed Game, Meat, and Fruit is an outstanding example of these buffet pieces. The National Gallery emphasizes manner in which the artist, “While working with…standard elements of the hunting still-life genre…managed to create an unusual and compelling composition thanks to the arresting, almost surgical detail with which each aspect of the work was rendered…The artist’s careful delineation of contrasting (and potentially distasteful) subject matter forces the spectator to acknowledge the sheer artistic prowess with which this virtuoso — and highly original — tour de force self-consciously negotiates the uneasy relationship of the beautiful and bizarre.”
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Alexandre-Francois Desportes : “Still Life with Dressed Game, Meat and Fruit” (1734)
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- Matte Finish does not pick up glare from interior lighting
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SKU: desp
Category: Still Life
Tags: Alexandre-Francois Desportes, Food and Drink, Oranges, Painting, Portrait Orientation, Still Life
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Expect crisp detail and vivid color from our giclée process fine art prints. We use archival pigment inks on cotton fiber paper to achieve a wide color gamut, deep blacks and beautiful tonal transitions. Unlike posters, they will not fade or yellow, but maintain their original quality for as long as you own them.How to Frame
Historical artworks were produced in whatever shapes and sizes best suited the artists and their patrons, and these rarely correspond to the proportions of modern, mass-produced frames. Most reproductions sold on the web are cropped to an arbitrary standard, compromising the integrity of the original artwork. We solve this by using accent borders to make up any differences in proportion.Framing may be as simple as inserting the print into a standard size frame with the borders showing. In many cases, our customers choose to have them matted. Borders allow space for framers to mount the print while covering little, if any, of the artwork. Our images are sized to provide desirable mat widths in common frames.
Sizes 9” x 12”, 12” x 16”, and 16” x 20” are designed to be matted in larger frames, such as 11” x 14”, 16” x 20” and 20” x 24”, respectively. Larger prints may be matted in frames of equal size, the borders corresponding to the shape of the mat. Where the artwork is unusually square or narrow, other sizes may be preferred.
If our sizing does not meet your requirements, we provide customization free of charge. Please contact us to discuss the details.
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