French school circa 1780, entourage of Anne VALLAYER... Lot 96

French school circa 1780, entourage of Anne VALLAYER COSTER Peaches and various objects Oil on canvas (old restorations) 42 x 33.5 cm Provenance : Acquired from André Gombert, 1982 (30,000 fr). An undated certificate from Alexandre Ananoff attributes the painting to Anne Vallayer Coster. To be compared with Anne Vallayer Coster's painting of the same composition with a glass behind the peach basket (Canvas, 42 x 33.5 cm on the Paris art market in 1968; see M. Roland Michel, Anne Vallayer Coster, Paris, 1970, no. 162, reproduced on p. 15).