Full Record |
| Title |
A Basket of Flowers with Dog Chasing a Bird |
| Collection |
Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle |
| Artist |
Attributed to manner of Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (French painter, 1636-1699, active in Paris and London)
Attributed to Dutch School
Attributed to Flemish School
Previously attributed to Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (French painter, 1636-1699, active in Paris and London)
Previously attributed to French School |
| Date Earliest |
possibly about 1650 |
| Date Latest |
possibly about 1750 |
| Description |
This painting was acquired as a pendant to a work by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, although it was probably painted by a Flemish artist working in his style. It shows the widespread influence of Monnoyer's characteristic combination of the intimate tone of French still-life painting with the Netherlandish tradition. In the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, Netherlandish painting was increasingly dependent on French models in every genre, possibly as a result of the French occupation of the Dutch Republic between 1672 and 1678. The spaniel chasing a bird introduces an anecdotal episode which enlivens this ornamental work. |
| Current Accession Number |
B.M.770 |
| Former Accession Number |
No. 170 |
| Subject |
still life (flowers); animal (dog, bird) |
| Measurements |
19.5 x 37.5 cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on canvas |
| Acquisition Details |
Bequeathed by the founders John and Joséphine Bowes 1885. |
| Notes |
Pendant: B.M.769. |
| Rights Owner |
The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham |
| Author |
Dr Mercedes Cerón |
