Émilien MULOT DURIVAGE (1838-1920) - Lot 137

Émilien MULOT DURIVAGE (1838-1920) Still life with pheasant and grapes. Oil on canvas signed lower left. 67 x 92 cm. Various lacunae of paint on the margins and yellowed varnish. Provenance: remained in the artist's family by descent. Here, the artist indulges in a classic exercise, in the vein of 17th and 18th century genre paintings. Bottles, jug and vase form the background to a still life in which a pheasant and a dish containing bunches of grapes are in the foreground. The framing is skilful, with the corner of the table protruding to the left, while the right-hand side the right-hand side reveals a realistic tea towel, whose folds suggest that it has just been laid out on the table to create the motif to be painted.