Still-Life
by CONTE, Meiffren, Oil on canvas, 92 x 144 cm
This canvas represents a still-life with Hercules candlestick, silver gilt ewer, lemons and oranges on a sideboard dish, nautilus shell, and other objects arranged on a ledge with a column beyond.
Many of the objects included in his paintings appear to have been inspired by the tableware that once formed the king’s collection at Versailles.