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Jean Belin (9th Nov, 1653 - 2nd Dec, 1715)

Vase d'or orné d'une guirlande de pêches, prunes et fleurs

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Nous contacter au préalable pour la publicité. Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (Château de Versailles) / Gérard Blot

Versailles, châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon

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Title:

Vase d'or orné d'une guirlande de pêches, prunes et fleurs

Periods:

XVIIIth century

Techniques:

Dimensions:

1150 x 950

Inventory number:

MV7260

Detail:

Aiguière d'or entouré de fruits et fleurs en guirlande

Location:

Versailles, châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon

About the author(s)

Author:

Also known as:

de Fontenay Blain

Born:

9th Nov, 1653

Dead:

2nd Dec, 1715

Country:

France

See more about this author on Wikipedia:

Jean-Baptiste Belin de Fontenay I (1653–1715), also called ‘Jean-Baptiste Belin the Elder’, was a French painter who specialized in flowers. He was born in Caen, France in 1653 and died in Paris in 1715. Early in life he was forced to choose between his Protestant religion and his career. The revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 forced most Protestants to flee France to escape religious persecution. Belin decided to renounce his Protestant faith and converted to Catholicism in order to… Read more...