Alfred Rouby, Still Life With Chrysanthemums

Alfred Rouby, Still Life With ChrysanthemumsA beautiful 19th century still life with chrysanthemums by French painter, Alfred Rouby (1849 1909). Its been rendered sublimely with deft impressionistic brushwork and a masterful eye for colour. Rouby was a specialist and is predominantly known for his gorgeous still lifes, which tend to feature flowers and stoneware. Most of these include at least one flower laid in the foreground as if fallen from the bouquet. Perhaps a symbolic reference to the

A beautiful 17th-century oil on canvas depicting the annunciation of the Virgin Mary

Frederik Christian Jakobsen Kiaerskou (1805-1891) who is known to have painted this view

We love the cheeky half-smile and the brightness in the eyes

There are some nice details

The image was presented to King Abgar

A gentle depiction of a middle-aged woman with a brown v-neck top and necklace

The artist has created this with such skill that it appears he’s just about to utter his latest theories

He’s wearing a fancy white cravat under a dark coat according to the fashion of the 1820s

1525-1569) challenged the perception of landscape painting with many fine works that featured regular townsfolk and everyday scenes

He was the son of Pastor Alfred de Rougemont and Baroness Franziska von Stain zu Lausnitz

“It was in Canada that the young painter gained early recognition and there he married a member of one of the most distinguished families

000 achieved for ‘Portrait of an officer’ at Sotheby's in 2003