Jean-Baptiste Pillement (1728–1808) - Landscape

This work represents a lively pastoral landscape, typical of the production of Jean-Baptiste Pillement, where figures of shepherds accompany a flock crossing a river.
 Jean-Baptiste Pillement is one of the great representatives of 18th-century decorative landscape.
 Trained in Lyon and then in Paris, Pillement led a remarkable European career (England, Portugal, Austria). He worked for prestigious courts and obtained the title of painter to Marie Antoinette.
 A great decorator and draftsman, he had a lasting influence on the decorative arts of the 18th century, notably through his famous landscape compositions and chinoiserie.
 This oil painting on copper, dated 1786, corresponds to his travels in Portugal and Spain. It was during this period that he created his finest landscape works.

 Dimensions without frame: Length: 42.5cm Width: 31.5cm

 Dimensions with frame: Length: 52.5cm Width: 40.7cm