A still life painting of peaches heaped high in a brown wicker basket with slat sides, sitting on a wooden table or ledge, against a dark background. The basket is in about the middle of the painting. At bottom left, sitting on the wooden surface, is a branch with three purple plums attached. At the bottom right sit three yellow pears with their leaves.

Basket of Peaches, with Quinces, and Plums, after 1641, by #LouiseMoillon (French, 1610–1696), who was born #otd, Dec 21. Held at LACMA, collections.lacma.org/node/221448
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A still life painting with dark background. It depicts a woven wicker basket piled high with plums - about 20 are visible - sitting on a wooden ledge or table. In front of the basket are about 10 apricots. At the left of the painting a white cockatoo sits on the surface, facing the fruit. In the right bottom corner is a plum cut in half, with the stone removed and the cut side up. At the top right is a blue tit, facing across the top of fruit.

Apricots, a basket of plums, a cockatoo and a blue tit, c. 1632, by #LouiseMoillon (French, 1610–1696). Private collection?; source, dorotheum.com/en/auctions/... #artherstory #womenartists #NationalPlumDay UK

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A still life painting of an oblong, closely woven brown wicker basket with a handle linking the long sides, viewed from a long side, full of leaves, peaches, and bunches of green and occasionally black grapes. the basket sits on a stone plinth. The text on the museum's webpage for this painting reads, in part, "Notice the twisted stone plinths, fruit spilling out of the basket, and leaves that seem to spring off the picture plane. These objects—all irregularly shaped—create a sense of dynamism and movement. Yet Louise Moillon harnessed them into a nearly symmetrical composition, giving the still life a balanced and meditative quality. Savor the textures and colors of each object. The crisp, pointed leaves play against the smooth, rounded forms of the fruit, just as the warm tones of the peaches set off the cool hues of the green grapes."

Still Life with a Basket of Peaches and Grapes, 1636, by #LouiseMoillon (French, 1610-1696). Recently acquired by the National Gallery of Art, www.nga.gov/collection/a... #womenartists #artherstory

So far the series covers #LuisaRoldán #ArtemisiaGentileschi #RosalbaCarriera #ElisabettaSirani #LouiseMoillon #SofonisbaAnguissola #GesinaTerBorch...
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The rigorous composition in this still-life is balanced. The composition is staged against a dark background which was a Caravaggesque theatrical effect. #LouiseMoillon

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The set reproduces 2 works by #GiovannaGarzoni, & 1 each by #AnneVallayerCoster, #LouiseMoillon, #ClaraPeeters & #OrsolaMaddalenaCaccia

She often placed a small object near the edge of the table in her paintings, energising the scene with the possibility of its falling; a good example is this work, in which a fruit rind precariously balances on the edge of the table laden with an array of produce. #LouiseMoillon

This still life painting depicts an artichoke at the viewer's left, in front of which a couple of peaches sit on the table surface. In the middle is a brownish wicker basket with vertical stakes, full of several dozen peaches. At the viewer's right is a more shallow basket full of red and yellow cherries.

Feb 6 - Sotheby's offers "Still Life with Peaches, Cherries, and an Artichoke" by #LouiseMoillon, www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...
The presale estimate is 700,000-900,000 USD.

Feb 6 - Sotheby's offers "Still Life with Peaches, Cherries, and an Artichoke" by #LouiseMoillon, www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...

The presale estimate is 700,000-900,000 USD

A light tan or off-white closely woven wicker basket sits on a wooden ledge, full of red and black berries surrounded by green leaves. Next to the basket to the viewer's right sit three apricots; to the left is a different small fruit still on its stem.

Nature morte aux mûres, 1629-41, by #LouiseMoillon (French, 1610–1696), who died #otd, Dec 21. Held by Musée des Augustins, www.augustins.org/fr/notice/20...

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Two wicker baskets of fruit on a wooden table top. Toward the back left is a larger openwork basket with purple and black plums packed with plum tree branches and leaves. Toward the front is a much smaller, closely woven basket containing strawberries on a bed of large green leaves. Sitting loose on the ledge to the left of the strawberries is a single peach.

Basket of Plums and Basket of Strawberries, 1632, by #LouiseMoillon (French, 1609/10-1696). Held by the Musee des Augustins, www.augustins.org/fr/notice/20... #womenartists #artherstory

Still Life with a Bowl of Strawberries, Basket of Cherries, & Branch of Gooseberries, 1631, by #LouiseMoillon (#LouyseMoillon; French, 1610-1696). Held at the Kimbell Art Museum, kimbellart.org/collection/a... #artherstory #womenartists #NationalStrawberryDay (US)

Still life with blackberries, 1629–1641, by #LouiseMoillon (French, 1610-1696). Held by @MuseeAugustins, www.augustins.org/fr/notice/20...; on view thru Jan 28 in Ingenious Women at Bucerius Kunst Forum #artherstory #womenartists

Still life with a bowl of apricots, peaches and plums, all on a ledge, c. 1634, by #LouiseMoillon (French, 1610-1696), who died #otd, Dec 21. Private collection? This painting was sold by Sotheby’s on 6 Dec 2023 for £558,800, www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti... #artherstory #womenartists

And there's a new book forthcoming on the artist!

#LouiseMoillon, by Lesley Stevenson
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Coming up for auction at @Artcurial on Nov 22 --

Louyse MOILLON Paris, 1610-1696
Nature morte aux fruits, pêches, abricots et prunes dont une ouverte, posés sur une table de bois

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Estimate: €500-800,000

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