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Source Description
Saint-Jean was a prominent still life painter during the second quarter of the 19th century. He trained at the School of Fine Arts in Lyon, dedicating himself to flower painting early in his career and successfully exhibiting work at the Salon in Paris. Cut flowers or fruits dropped onto a forest floor occur often in Saint-Jean's work, giving them a slightly surreal quality to modern eyes. His paintings were often reproduced as textiles, and there was a strong link between artists from Lyon and the silk industry which flourished there.
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Document identity
localId
39476
label
Still Life with Flowers
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
39476
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Still Life with Flowers
description
Saint-Jean was a prominent still life painter during the second quarter of the 19th century. He trained at the School of Fine Arts in Lyon, dedicating himself to flower painting early in his career and successfully exhibiting work at the Salon in Paris. Cut flowers or fruits dropped onto a forest floor occur often in Saint-Jean's work, giving them a slightly surreal quality to modern eyes. His paintings were often reproduced as textiles, and there was a strong link between artists from Lyon and the silk industry which flourished there.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore [before 1884, possibly from Goupil in 1863] [1]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.[1] See Diaries of George A. Lucas, vol. 2, page 161.
date
1852
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
36.7
height
45.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 14 7/16 x W: 17 15/16 in. (36.7 x 45.5 cm); Framed H: 25 x W: 28 1/2 x D: 5 in. (63.5 x 72.4 x 12.7 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] In brown paint at lower left: Saint Jean; [Date] In brown at lower left: 1852 [Although the date now appears to read 1857
discernible undler close scruitiny is a dash of brown paint that may complete the 2. Early catalougues consistently transcribe the date as 1852]
med
oil on canvas
creator_ids
3723
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
190
1993
3300
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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b2d736258840e6c8
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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bac58f4dc268f1ff
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no
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no