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accession number: 1971.47
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Basket of Plums, 1769. Anne Vallayer-Coster (French, 1744–1818). Oil on canvas; unframed: 38 x 46.2 cm (14 15/16 x 18 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1971.47
title: Basket of Plums
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creation date: 1769
creation date earliest: 1769
creation date latest: 1769
current location: 216B French and German
creditline: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture: France, 18th century
technique: oil on canvas
department: European Painting and Sculpture
collection: P - French 18th Century
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Anne Vallayer-Coster (French, 1744–1818) - artist
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measurements: Unframed: 38 x 46.2 cm (14 15/16 x 18 3/16 in.)
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inscription: Signed lower right: "M.elle Vallayer / 1769"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1971
opening date: 1971-12-28T05:00:00
Year in Review: 1971. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1971-February 6, 1972).
title: Chardin and the Still Life Tradition in France
opening date: 1979-06-06T04:00:00
Chardin and the Still Life Tradition in France. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 6-August 12, 1979).
title: Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America
opening date: 1993-03-26T04:00:00
Intimate Images: Portrait Miniatures from Europe and America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-October 17, 1993).
title: Anne Vallayer-Coster: Still-Life Painting in the Age of Marie Antoinette
opening date: 2002-06-30T00:00:00
Anne Vallayer-Coster: Still-Life Painting in the Age of Marie Antoinette. National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD (June 30-September 22, 2002); The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (organizer) (October 13, 2002-January 5, 2003); Frick Collection, New York, NY (January 21-March 23, 2003); Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, France (April 9-June 23, 2003).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Salon, Paris, France (1771).', 'opening_date': None}
* {'description': 'English, French, Italian, Netherlandish, Spanish, and German Art, National museum, Stockholm, Sweden (1918).', 'opening_date': '1918-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Three Centuries of Still Life, Göteborg Art Museum, Sweden, (April 28-May 17, 1938).', 'opening_date': '1938-04-28T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Five Centuries of French Art, National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden (15 August-9 November).', 'opening_date': None}
* {'description': 'Luis Melendez: Bodegones, Museo Nacional del Prado. Madrid, Spain (Feb. 17 - May 16, 2004).', 'opening_date': '2004-02-17T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Baron Herzog, Budapest, Hungary
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Axel Ryden, Stockholm, Sweden
date: 1918
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Osborn Kling, Stockholm, Sweden
date: 1934
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(Sale: H. Bukowski, Stockholm, Sweden, September 25-26, 1934, no. 323)
date: September 25-26, 1934
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Thorsten Laurin, Stockholm, Sweden, and his daughter Mrs. B. Stjernsward, Sakanor, Sweden
date: 1938
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(Sale: Sotheby's, London, June 24, 1970, no. 4)
date: June 24, 1970
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[Old Masters Gallery, London, England]
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[H. Shickman Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: -1971
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1971-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Paris, Salon, 1771.
page number: cat. no. 147
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Collection des livrets des anciennes expositions depuis 1673 jusqu'en 1800. Paris: Liepmannssohn et Dufour, 1869. .
page number: p. 29, no. 147;
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Engelska, franska, italienska, nederländska, spanka och tyska konstverk: Utst. Nationalmuseum 1918. 1918.
page number: cat. no. 40
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Bukowskis (Firm). Möbler, bronser, skulptur. mattor ... silver, keramik, oljemålningar. 1934.
page number: no. 323, illus. pl. 37
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Laurin, Thorsten, and Ragnar Hoppe. Katalog över Thorsten Laurins samling av mäleri och skulptur. Stockholm: [P.A. Norstedt], 1936.
page number: no. 399, pl. 218
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Matthiesen konsthandel A.-B. Stilleben fran tre århundraden. [Göteborg]: [Isacsons], 1938.
page number: cat. no. 52.
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Nationalmuseum (Stockholm). Fem sekler Fransk konst: bilder från utställningen i Nationalmuseum [Stockholm. 15 augusti-9 november 1958]. Stockholm: Nationalmuseum, 1958.
page number: cat. no. 102
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Sotheby's (Firm). Important Old Master Paintings. 1970.
page number: no. 4
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Roland Michel, Marianne. Anne Vallayer-Coster, 1744-1818. Paris (5e): C.I.L. [Comptoir international du livre, 24, rue des Carmes], 1970.
page number: no. 183, p. 155
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
page number: Reproduced: p. 152; Mentioned: p. 151
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Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1971.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 59, no. 1 (1972).
page number: cat. no. 56
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152412
Michel, Marianne Roland, and Ursula Korneitchouk. “A Basket of Plums.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 60, no. 2 (1973).
page number: pp. 52-59, figs. 4, 5, 6, 10
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152471
Clark, Carol C. “Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin: Still Life with Herring.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 61, no. 9 (1974).
page number: 309, 314, n. 2, fig. 2
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152549
Faré, Michel, and Fabrice Faré. La vie silencieuse en France: la nature morte au XVIIIe siècle. Fribourg: Office du Livre, 1976.
page number: p. 217, fig. 332
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Weisberg, Gabriel P., and William S. Talbot. Chardin and the Still-Life Tradition in France. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1979.
page number: cat. no. 7
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Kahng, Eik, Anne Vallayer-Coster, Marianne Roland Michel, and Colin B. Bailey. Anne Vallayer-Coster, Painter to the Court of Marie-Antoinette. [Dallas, TX]: Dallas Museum of Art, 2002.
page number: cat. 2, fig. 7, p. 197;
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Cherry, Peter, Juan J. Luna, Natacha Seseña, and Luis Meléndez. Luis Meléndez: bodegones. [Madrid]: Museo Nacional del Prado, 2004.
page number: cat., fig. 42, p. 95
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Luna, Juan J. "Meléndez and the Development of Spanish and European Still Life Painting in the Eighteenth Century." In Meléndez: Still Lifes. Peter Cherry, and Juan J. Luna, 44-79. [Dublin]: National Gallery of Ireland, 2004.
page number: Reproduction: P. 65-66, fig. 46
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