Jean Francois I Millet (1642-1679)
| Artist Name | Jean Francois I Millet (1642-1679) |
|---|---|
| Title | Classical Landscape |
| Description | This superb 17th century French Old Master oil painting is attributed to Jean Francois Millet. Painted circa 1670 it is a classical landscape with figures by a bend in a river in the foreground. Beyond are various buildings with green hills behind them, all caught in beautiful twilight. A lovely example of a French 17th century Old Master oil painting with good provenance and housed in a superb Carlo Maratta frame and signed lower right. Signed lower right. |
| Provenance | The Earls of Portsmouth; and thence by descent in the family. |
| Medium | Oil on Canvas |
| Size | 28 x 22 inches |
| Frame | Housed in a gold leaf Carlo Maratta frame, 35 inches by 29 inches and in good condition. |
| Condition | Good condition. |
| Biography | Jean-François Millet, by name Francisque, (baptized April 27, 1642, [Belgium]—buried June 3, 1679, Paris, Fr.), French painter whose serene landscapes made him one of the most influential followers of Nicolas Poussin in 17th-century France. Millet is generally classed among the painters of Flanders because of the location of his birth, but his father was a Frenchman who, while on service with the prince of Condé in Antwerp, apprenticed his son to a painter there. Francisque left with the painter for Paris, where he settled in 1660 after marrying his master’s daughter. He was received as a member of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture at Paris in 1673. Francisque’s paintings of Italian and Arcadian scenery, though derivative, were graceful and effective. Twelve of his most important landscapes in the Tuileries were destroyed by fire; and, though many of his pieces may still be found catalogued, a great number remain unknown and unacknowledged. |
| Price | £18000 |
