Still-Life
by VALLAYER-COSTER, Anne, Oil on canvas, 111 x 156 cm
This grand and impressive still-life depicts a bust of Minerva, armour, muskets, a drum, a standard, the baton of command of a Mar�chal de France, a laurel wreath and the orders of Saint-Louis and of the Saint-Esprit, all on a stone ledge. The painting was exhibited at the Salon of 1777 and sketched by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin in his copy of the Salon’s livret.