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1661 Champignelles - 1743 Paris. Known for: Still-life paintngs.
Alexander-Francois Desportes painted the Déjeuner maigre ('The Fish Repast') in 1739, he had been the leading court painter in France of animals, hunts and opulent tabletop still lifes for almost... Read full biography
Alexander-Francois Desportes painted the Déjeuner maigre ('The Fish Repast') in 1739, he had been the leading court painter in France of animals, hunts and opulent tabletop still lifes for almost forty years. Received into the Académie Royale in 1699 as an animalier, he quickly became a favorite... Read full biography
Alexander-Francois Desportes painted the Déjeuner maigre ('The Fish Repast') in 1739, he had been the leading court painter in France of animals, hunts and opulent tabletop still lifes for almost forty years. Received into the Académie Royale in 1699 as an animalier, he quickly became a favorite painter to Louis XIV and Louis XV, admired and depended upon for his diverse abilities and technical proficiency. Within a few years, his many hunt scenes, trompe-l'oeil trophies, portraits of the... Read full biography
Alexander-Francois Desportes painted the Déjeuner maigre ('The Fish Repast') in 1739, he had been the leading court painter in France of animals, hunts and opulent tabletop still lifes for almost forty years. Received into the Académie Royale in 1699 as an animalier, he quickly became a favorite painter to Louis XIV and Louis XV, admired and depended upon for his diverse abilities and technical proficiency. Within a few years, his many hunt scenes, trompe-l'oeil trophies, portraits of the king's hounds and studies of the exotic animals in the Ménagerie, were decorating the walls of the royal châteaux of Versailles, Marly, Meudon and Fontainebleau, as well as the hôtels particulier of the Parisian beau monde. Trained in the Flemish... Read full biography
Alexander-Francois Desportes painted the Déjeuner maigre ('The Fish Repast') in 1739, he had been the leading court painter in France of animals, hunts and opulent tabletop still lifes for almost forty years. Received into the Académie Royale in 1699 as an animalier, he quickly became a favorite painter to Louis XIV and Louis XV, admired and depended upon for his diverse abilities and technical proficiency. Within a few years, his many hunt scenes, trompe-l'oeil trophies, portraits of the king's hounds and studies of the exotic animals in the Ménagerie, were decorating the walls of the royal châteaux of Versailles, Marly, Meudon and Fontainebleau, as well as the hôtels particulier of the Parisian beau monde. Trained in the Flemish tradition of hunt painting by a pupil of Frans Snyders, he introduced the successful formulae of Snyders and P... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeSTILL LIFE OF PLUMS IN A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN BOWL TOGETHER WITH PEACHES,A PARTRIDGE AND A WOODCOCK AND A HANGING MALLARD, ALL ON A STONE LEDGE WITH A RED AND GOLD BROCADE HANGING TO THE LEFT
Alexander-Francois Desportes Auction: 12/08/2010Lot: 41Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeAn extensive landscape with a pointer flushing a pheasant by a thistle; and An extensive river landscape flushing an ornamental pheasant and a quail
Alexander-Francois Desportes Auction: 05/17/2006Lot: 168Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeStill life with a dog and a cat in a garden landscape with game, flowers, a bunch of asparagus, a wicker basket of peaches and a blue and white porcelain bowl of wild strawberries
Alexander-Francois Desportes Auction: 12/03/2025Lot: 25Subscribe or get free alerts
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