French la Vie

 

Ecole FRANCAISE de la fin du XVIIIe sie?cle

 

It started with a painting of flowers that I missed during an auction as my bid was too low.

Determine to find another I searched for flower paintings that took me down a rabbit hole of discovery, astoundment, and drove me to own one.

Understandably my bid was too low but I gained knowledge which made the outcome a little less disappointing.

 

 

Peruvian Mary with Child

 

Of course, once down the rabbit hole distraction arrive. Type in flowers and other things pop up with flowers…

Oh no.

It is hard to stay focused when you are an antique addict and the brocante bug bites and there have been so few brocantes since covid.

I need a fix.

Fix anything with flowers made me drool.

 

 

Fortune?e Florentine Courtois enfant en chemise

 

And then babies with fruit appeared.

AI knows me too well.

 

 

 

Then angels and this one had a fish.

At this point, I started to look at my ceiling wondering how could I hang paintings on them?

Seriously, I am bad but not that bad.

None of these I bought but boy did I want to buy them all.

 

 

 

Peacocks? Do I like peacocks? Should I look up peacocks…

 

 

 

I bought this one there is a pair.

It has a tulip, the tulip is the flower that sets other flower paintings apart for me.

The 18th century tulip.

Smack me I am gone.

 

 

 

 

 

Paper? Oh yes, paper. I adore old paper, with a king you said? Knock me over take all that I have.

Rabbit hole you are one wicked ride.

Is this too much?

Non.

 

 

 

Oh no… portraits with flowers and tulips.

Gulp.

 

 

 

 

NIII letter, plume, and wax seal and case….

I watched this auction and literally thought if I had a million dollars would I really spend it all in one afternoon at the auction

as some people do? This went for several thousand.

Wow.

 

Ecole italienne du XVIIIe sie?cle Bouquet de fleurs dans un vase godronne?

 

 

 

That tulip, that butterfly…

 

 

Ambrosius Breugel- tableau (h:p) 'nature morte avec fleurs et nautile'

 

Can you imagine waking up tuning into an auction and spending millions just like that, just like I buy pasta

without thought of how much did I just spend today?

Dining like this?

 

 

Antoinette Ce?cile Hortense HAUDEBOURG dit HAUDEBOURG LESCOT (Paris 1784 – 1845)

 

Me… coming out of the rabbit hole with a wreath of ivy.

Looking around at the flowers blooming freely with the help of sun and rain.

Blooming, 

all for us to enjoy, and touch, and smell and smile.

 

(None of these photos are mine. They are from various auctions. 

Found while slipping down the rabbit hole of the internet.)