An Urn Filled and Garlanded with Summer Flowers and Autumn Fruit
attributed to Jean-Baptiste Belin the Elder (Caen 1653 - Paris 1715)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1673 - 1715
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2219 x 1570 mm
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Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515653
Caption
These two large-scale decorative paintings are rare survivals, outside the locations for which they were intended, of Belin de Fontenay’s ambitious schemes. The type of composition is derived from the much smaller-scale Netherlandish prototypes, here transformed into Baroque extravaganzas. Belin de Fontenay was a pupil of the leading flower painter of his time, Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (1636-1699), from whom he received work for châteaux and various public buildings. He soon obtained the favour of the court, especially of Louis XIV, and received commissions for Versailles. Some of his work is on a more ambitious scale than that of Monnoyer, which suited the grander settings of French palaces, whereas Monnoyer worked mostly on a more intimate scale suited to the British town and country houses, for which he later worked.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Urn Filled and Garlanded with Summer Flowers and Autumn Fruit, attributed to Jean-Baptiste Belin the elder (Caen 1653 - Paris 1715). Urn filled and garlanded with summer flowers, fruit in foreground, sunflowers at right, bank on left and three quail in foreground. Green parrot perched on vase. Four putti dancing with long scarf sculpted on vase.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
attributed to Jean-Baptiste Belin the Elder (Caen 1653 - Paris 1715) , publisher