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Jacques-Nicolas Julliard (1715-1790)
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
58 X 45 cm (23 X 17 in) without frame and
70 X 57 cm (28 X 22.5 in)
In the foreground, a young woman milks her goats while a shepherd watches over his small flock. A beautiful, soft, and enveloping atmosphere of late autumn draws us in and draws our gaze towards this little house perched in the tree. The painter uses a monochrome palette for this unusual landscape but reserves the colors, blue and red, for the figures.
After training at the Royal Academy, Jacques-Nicolas Julliart became a student of Boucher. It was with him that he was introduced to the decorative arts a few years later. He quickly specialized in landscape painting and left for Italy in 1749, where he painted the View of Frascati. Back in France, he worked for the Beauvais factory, painting preparatory cartoons for tapestries. His work earned him the appointment of Royal Painter to the Felletin and Aubusson factories.
In 1759, he was admitted to the Royal Academy upon presentation of "Landscape with Rising Sun," now preserved at the Tours Museum.
His paintings were very popular at the Salon between 1755 and 1785, and were highly sought after.
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