Art Archive

French Painter

The French painter known through the present group of works sits within a classical tradition, drawing on mythological and allegorical subjects populated by cupids, putti and the infancy of Pygmalion and Galatea. The handling is consistently in oil on canvas, the medium shared by every sheet held here. Three such paintings make up the collection, offering a compact view of the artist's engagement with antique narrative and decorative figure groups.

3 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)

French Painter — Cupids and Dolphins
Cupids and Dolphins
18th century · Oil on canvas
French Painter — Putti with a basket of flowers
Putti with a basket of flowers
18th century · Oil on canvas
French Painter — Pygmalion and Galatea as Infants
Pygmalion and Galatea as Infants
18th century · Oil on canvas