Lot 201: Michel de Bouillon (Ere, near Tournai before 1638-1674 ?)

Michel de Bouillon (Ere, near Tournai before 1638-1674 ?)
A garland of roses, tulips and other flowers above a ledge, over a mirror reflecting a terrace with an extensive park landscape beyond
signed and dated 'M Bouillon · 1667' (lower left)
oil on panel
24½ x 17½ in. (62.3 x 44.5 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 24 October 1986, lot 8.
Acquired shortly afterwards by the present owner.

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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The landscape in this painting appears to have been added by a later hand.