Roses, lilac and other flowers gather in a vase on a stone ledge. The arrangement brings individual blooms into a composed relationship of colour, texture and abundance. Attributed to the circle of Joseph-Laurent Malaine, the painting belongs to a tradition in which close observation of flowers meets the artifice of still life. Its floral subject connects independent painting with the decorative arts in which Malaine specialised.
Catalogue history: the Dreweatts listing on Artsy cites Michel and Fabrice Faré, La Vie silencieuse en France. La Nature morte au XVIIIe siècle (Fribourg, 1976), illustration no. 345, under the earlier attribution to Josse François Joseph Le Riche. It also records a Dorotheum sale, date unknown, lot 207, under that attribution. These details are reported from the auction catalogue; the cited book has not yet been independently checked. The collection retains the current attribution to the circle of Joseph-Laurent Malaine.
Catalogue record and images from the Joseph Clark Collection. Rights in the work remain with the artist or their estate.
