Émilien MULOT DURIVAGE (1838-1920) - Lot 33

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 painting. Bottles, jug and vase form the background to a still life in which a pheasant and a dish containing bunches of grapes are set off against the background. in the foreground. The framing is skilful, with the corner of the table protruding to the left, while the right-hand side leaves The folds suggest that it has just been laid out on the table to create the motif to be painted.