Jean-François MILLET (1642-1679), entourage of - Lot 400

Jean-François MILLET (1642-1679), entourage of La halte du roi en campagne Oil on canvas H_ 75.7 cm W_ 99.5 cm Faded, restorations, enlarged on both sides In a large carved and gilded wooden frame Once attributed to Martin des Batailles, this composition, in which the importance of nature is more the work of a landscape painter than a history painter. painter. Influenced by the Dominiquin, the Carracci and the manner of Nicolas Poussin Nicolas Poussin, it is typical of the work of Francisque Millet (1642- 1679), Étienne Allegrain (1644-1736), Jean Forest (1635-1712) and Charles Hérault (1644-1718). Provenance : - Sale Eugène Deullin (1827-1897), banker and great bibliophile, Epernay, 1892