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Alexandre-François Desportes Champigneule, Marne 1661 - 1743 Paris
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Description
- Alexandre-François Desportes
- A dog and a cat fighting in a kitchen interior
- signed and dated on the table upper right: Desportes./ 1710
- oil on canvas
Provenance
Scudamore Griffiths, Bedfont House, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, by whom bought shortly after the First World War;
Thence by descent.
Catalogue Note
A similar compositon, with a different still-life element, signed and dated 1715, was offered in Monaco, Sotheby's, 6 December 1987, lot 23. The present work, however, pre-dates Desportes' sojourn in England in 1712-13.