Lot 5: JACQUES LINARD | Nature morte à la coupe de prunes

Huile sur panneau préparé 

24 x 32,5 cm ; 9 1/2  by 12 3/4  in

Huile sur panneau préparé 

On the naked eye: The painting appears in a very good overall condition. The pictural material is perfectly stable. It is painted on a prepared panel. The white preparation at the back is very characteristic of this artist panels. The lower part of the panel is sligltly incurved at the back (this is probably due to the way the panel maker has made it). The painting has been thoroughly cleaned which has well-preserved the material and glazes.
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À la recherche de la peinture ancienne, Natures mortes du XVIIe siècle, Paris, Galerie de l’Élysée, 1950, n°16 ;
Plaisir de France, Paris, Galerie Charpentier, 1951-1952, n°116

C. Benedict, « Notes sur Jacques Linard », in Études d’Art du Musée national des Beaux-Arts d’Alger, 1957-1958, p. 42, n°16, fig. 16 ;
J-F. Revel, « Linard », in Connaissance des Arts, 1958, p. 59, n°79 ;
M. Faré, La nature morte en France, son histoire et son évolution, Genève, 1962, t. II, fig. 19 ;
M. Faré, Le Grand Siècle de la nature morte en France, Le XVIIe siècle, Fribourg, 1974, p. 24, repr. ;
Ph. Nusbaumer, Jacques Linard 1597-1645, Catalogue de l’oeuvre peint, Le Pecq-sur-Seine, 2006, p. 98-99, n°33

Collection Curt Benedict, Paris ;
Vente anonyme, Paris, Palais Galliera, Mes Ader, Picard et Tajan, 12 juin 1973, lot n°10 ;
Vente anonyme, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Mes Beaussant et Lefèvre, 29 juin 2001, lot n°75 ;
Acquis chez Haboldt & Co, Paris, en 2003