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Vase of Flowers in a Niche Attributed to Michel Bruno Bellengé French. Historical artwork in public domain. Intended to be inserted into decorative paneling over a door, this painting makes most sense when seen from below. From this vantage point, the dramatic perspective, shadows, and underbelly of the vase trick the eye into believing this is not a painting at all, but the thing itself. This work was once owned by Georges Hoentschel (1855–1915), an interior designer who took objects from his collection as models and inspiration for his projects. Around 1905, Hoentschel used this painting as the basis for new Louis XVI style overdoors in the English country house Luton Hoo. Title: Vase of Flowers in a Niche Artist: Attributed to Michel Bruno Bellengé (French, Rouen 1726–1793 Rouen) Medium: Oil on canvas References on the original A[lfred]. de Champeaux. Portefeuille des arts décoratifs 2 (1889–90), pl. 136, as French school, eighteenth century, in the collection of M. Féral. André Pératé and Gaston Brière. Collections Georges Hoentschel. Vol. 2, XVIIe & XVIIIe Siècles: Mobilier, Boiserie. Paris, 1908, p. 31, pl. 57 (color), ascribe it to an artist working in the tradition of Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer at the end of the seventeenth or beginning of the eighteenth century. Margaretta Salinger. "Early Flower Paintings." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 8 (May 1950), p. 261, ill. p. 260, as by a follower of Monnoyer. Fritz W. Neugass. "Magischer-Realismus in der Trompe-l'Oeil-Malerei." Das Kunstwerk 6, no. 1 (1952), ill. p. 23. Michel Faré. Letter to Mary Sprinson de Jesús. June 10, 1984, calls it a characteristic work of Michel Bruno Bellengé. Nicole Hoentschel et al. Georges Hoentschel. Saint-Rémy-en-l'Eau, 1999, p. 199, ill. pp. 123, 198 (gallery installations), 199 (color), reproduces photographs of it hanging in Hoentschel's gallery on Cité du Retiro and later on Boulevard Flandrin, where he moved in 1903. Katrina London in Salvaging the Past: Georges Hoentschel and French Decorative Arts from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ed. Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide et al. Exh. cat., Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture. New York, 2013, p. 139 n. 92. Ulrich Leben in Salvaging the Past: Georges Hoentschel and French Decorative Arts from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ed. Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide et al. Exh. cat., Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture. New York, 2013, p. 53, fig. 3.13 (color), notes that it provided the inspiration for four overdoors in the great hall at Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, renovated by Hoentschel in about 1905–7. Designed for indoor use, custom stretched canvas prints are made from treated cotton - providing the smoothest of matte surfaces for exceptional design vividity. A combination of quality and durability, these hangings come with a lifelong color guarantee; there's significant confidence in their withstanding the test of time. On the backside, pre-installed hanging hardware ensures proper locking to walls. .: 100% cotton fabric .: Wooden frame .: High image quality and detail .: For indoor use #styleathome #homedecor #paintingsforhome #classicalart
