Jean-Baptiste Belin, called Belin de Fontenay Caen 1653 - 1715 Paris

Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 7 July 2000, lot 47, for £86,250;
Private collects ion, Europe.

"The following condition report has been provided by Henry Gentle, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Replica Shoes 's. The oils are lined and the paint layers are stable. The still life with the large red poppy has retouched edges and some of the green leaves and stems have blanched paint. The still life with the orange lilies has some minor retouchings visible under U-V light. These include a reduction of a pent.mes nt to the lilies, reduction of pale shrinkage craquelure in the centre of the composition and a reduction of thinned paint in the background where canvas texture is apparent. It has similar blanching to the green leaves and stems."
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Like his father-in-law Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (1636-1699), in whose studio he trained, Belin de Fontenay worked for Louis XIV and his court. However, despite their many collaborations, Belin de Fontenay's paintings display a greater softness and sensuality and his compositions are more naturalistic than Monnoyer's. Dr. Fabrice Faré dates the work to around 1690, when Belin de Fontenay was producing some of his most important decorative schemes for Louis XIV.