Lot 180: Jean-Michel Picart (Antwerp 1600-1682 Paris)

Jean-Michel Picart (Antwerp 1600-1682 Paris)
Roses and other spring flowers in a vase on a stone ledge
oil on canvas
20 3/8 x 15 3/8 in. (51.5 x 39 cm.)

Sotheby's, London, 11 December 1985, lot 80, as 'Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer', where acquired by
CitiBank, corporate collection.
Christie's, New York, 11 December 1989, lot 159, as 'Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer'.
Sotheby's, New York, 28 January 2000, lot 139, when acquired by the present owner ($96,000).

PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
Though previously sold as by Monnoyer, the present painting has since been identified as a typical work by Jean-Michel Picart. Picart was a Flemish painter who moved to Paris sometime around 1638 and established a lucrative career painting mostly flowers and some fruit still-lifes. He lived in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area of Paris along with many of the other Flemish artists who emigrated to that city.