Floral still-life relief. Culture: French. Dimensions: Panel: 27 3/4 x 20 5/8 in. (70.5 x 52.4 cm); Frame: 37 1/2 x 30 1/2 x 3 in. (95.3 x 77.5 x 7.6 cm). Maker: Aubert Henri Joseph Parent (French, Cambrai 1753-1835 Valenciennes). Date: 1784.Carved of a single piece of soft lime wood, this high relief with its daring undercutting is an excellent example of the virtuoso work for which the French sculptor Aubert Parent was justly known. Reminiscent of Dutch seventeenth-century flower paintings, Parent's still lifes then as now drew admiration for their realism, delicacy, and the remarkable liveliness of the birds and other small creatures that inhabit them. The inscription below -- AUBERT PARENT. EQUES RO. INV. SCULP. ROMA AN. 1784 -- indicates that this panel was created in Rome in 1784, the year that the artist, supported by a royal stipend, traveled to Italy.The classical vocabulary that Parent mastered there is reflected in the shape and decoration of the urn filled with tulips, ro

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Floral still-life relief. Culture: French. Dimensions: Panel: 27 3/4 x 20 5/8 in. (70.5 x 52.4 cm); Frame: 37 1/2 x 30 1/2 x 3 in. (95.3 x 77.5 x 7.6 cm). Maker: Aubert Henri Joseph Parent (French, Cambrai 1753-1835 Valenciennes). Date: 1784.Carved of a single piece of soft lime wood, this high relief with its daring undercutting is an excellent example of the virtuoso work for which the French sculptor Aubert Parent was justly known. Reminiscent of Dutch seventeenth-century flower paintings, Parent's still lifes then as now drew admiration for their realism, delicacy, and the remarkable liveliness of the birds and other small creatures that inhabit them. The inscription below -- AUBERT PARENT. EQUES RO. INV. SCULP. ROMA AN. 1784 -- indicates that this panel was created in Rome in 1784, the year that the artist, supported by a royal stipend, traveled to Italy.The classical vocabulary that Parent mastered there is reflected in the shape and decoration of the urn filled with tulips, ro

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