François Habert

Francois Habert, Prunkstillleben, Kunsthandel Mühlbauer

François Habert

PRONK STILL-LIFE

François Habert (active in Paris – in the mid 17th century)

With silver-gilt dishes, fruits and flowers on a blue silk fabric, draped on a stone console.

90 × 121 cm

Typical for the work of François Habert is the influence of important Flemish still life painters who were also living in Paris at the time, including Jan Fyt and Jan Davidsz de Heem.

Literature

Michel Faré: “Le grand siècle de la nature morte en France, le XVIIe siècle”, Fribourg (CH) 1974, p. 271

Provenance

Private collection, France