Jean-Baptiste Pillement (1728–1808) - Landscape

This composition illustrates a pastoral landscape typical of Jean-Baptiste Pillement's work, characterized by idealized nature and a poetic atmosphere. In the foreground, a group of figures accompanies a flock across rocky terrain overlooking a river. The figures, dressed in picturesque costumes, lend a narrative dimension to the scene.
 The eye is drawn to the background where a ruin rises perched on a rise, a recurring element in Pillement's work.
 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