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Huge 17th Century Grapes Vine Vineyard Pierre Antoine Lemoyne (1605-1665) Wine
Huge 17th Century French Old Master study of grapes in the vineyard, oil on canvas by Pierre Antoine Lemoyne. Excellent quality and condition study of the vines and grapes growing before a rustic building. Exceptional detail and rare early work of art on the subject of wine making. Framed and authenticated.
Measurements: 57" x 48" framed approx
Provenance:
Sotheby Parke Bernet, Monaco, 26 June 1983
BIOGRAPHY
Pierre Lemoyne was born in Paris in 1605. Little has been known of this artist and his body of work until
quite recently.
Lemoyne went was to become a painter of flowers, fruit and historical painting, entering the Academy on 1 August 1654.
In 1657 he received a commission to paint a series of decorative pictures for the house of Chancellor Pierre Seguier.
Works by Lemoyne (about four paintings signed to date) all display a consistent mastery of realism in painting fruit and a keen sense of observation, showing voluptuous fruit textures throughout.
Bibl: Benezit
Provenance: Sothebys Sale, Parke Bernet, Monaco 26 June 1983
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