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, French, 1661-1743
Title
Still life with Dead Game
Date1707
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions
91 x 73 cm
Credit LinePresented, Sir Hugh Lane, 1914
Object numberNGI.670
Exhibition HistoryVon Poussin bis Monet. Die Farben Frankreichs, The Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen, 22 March - 6 September 2015; Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, 10 October 2015 - 17 January 2016

Label TextA curious dog gazes longingly at the dead game hanging from a hook in this still life. It is one of a pair of still life paintings, by French artist Desportes, in the Gallery’s collection. Desportes trained in Paris in the Flemish realist tradition of animal painting. At the height of his career, from 1700, he worked on numerous royal commissions for Louis XIV and Louis XV, painting hunting scenes as well as portraits of the royal hounds.