Nicolas-Jacques Juliard, 1715 Paris – 1790 eb... Lot n° 456

WATERMILL WITH A DOVECOTE AND A PAIR OF LOVERS Oil on canvas. Doubled. 46.3 x 74.1 cm. In a magnificent frame. In the center the large old building with the waterwheel and on the riverbank a washerwoman. On the right under a high tree reaching into the light blue, almost cloudless sky a seated peasant couple in love. Fine, harmonious painting in the artist's typical manner. Provenance: Sotheby's Great Britain, April 2024, lot 54. Christie's New York, January 28, 2009, lot 236. Literature: Noah Simmons, Le paysagiste Nicolas-Jacques Julliard (1719-1790). Catalogue sommaire de son oeuvre, in: Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de l'Art francais, 1993, p. 163, no.12, fig. 17, dated around 1755. (1401552) (18) Nicolas-Jacques Juliard, 1715 Paris - 1790 ibid. A WATERMILL WITH A DOVECOTE AND AN AMOROUS COUPLE Oil on canvas. Relined. 46.3 x 74.1 cm. Provenance: Sotheby's United Kingdom, April 2024, lot 54. Christie's New York, January 28, 2009, lot 236. Literature: Noah Simmons, Le paysagiste Nicolas-Jacques Julliard (1719 - 1790). Catalogue sommaire de son oeuvre, in: Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de l'Art français, 1993, p. 163, no. 12, ill. 17, dated ca. 1755. (†)