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Bouquet of Flowers in a Blue Porcelain Vase

1776

Dallas Museum of Art

Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas, United States

Painted at the height of Vallayer-Coster’s artistic powers, this still-life painting (one of a pendant pair) belonged to a high-ranking official of the entourage of the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette. Together the paintings were exhibited at the Salon of 1777, the year after they were painted. Vallayer-Coster was one of four women painters who enjoyed the privileges and prestige of membership in the Royal Academy during the last quarter of the 18th century. Through the patronage of her earliest champion, Marie Antoinette, and the sheer virtuosity of her talent, Vallayer-Coster’s career flourished throughout the 1770s and 80s, only fading with the tumult of the French Revolution in 1789. Celebrated especially for her brilliant depictions of flower arrangements, Vallayer-Coster was considered the successor to Jean-Siméon Chardin as the foremost still-life painter of the French school.

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  • Title: Bouquet of Flowers in a Blue Porcelain Vase
  • Date Created: 1776
  • Physical Dimensions: Canvas dimensions: 48 1/8 × 44 5/8 in. (122.24 × 113.35 cm) Framed dimensions: 60 1/4 × 56 5/8 × 4 1/4 in. (1 m 53.04 cm × 143.83 cm × 10.8 cm)
  • Type: Paintings
  • External Link: https://www.dma.org/object/artwork/3296963/
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Credit Line: Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, Mrs. John B. O'Hara Fund and gift of Michael L. Rosenberg
  • Artist Nationality: French
  • Artist: Anne Vallayer-Coster
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