Still Life with Plums

Provenance

Monsieur Bénédict, by 1946;[1] Mme Manet by 1951;[2] Jacques Normand; (his estate sale 29-30 October 2003, Guy Herdhebaut, Drouot Richelieu, Salle 7, Paris, as attributed to Pierre Dupuis). (Sale, Sotheby’s New York, 22 January 2004, no. 215); Miriam [1937–2024] and Eliezer H. Benbassat [1934–2022], Washington, DC; The Miriam Benbassat Trust; gift 2025 to NGA. [1] A photocopy of an index card in NGA curatorial files, presumably from the Galerie Charpentier for its 1946 exhibition_ La Vie Silencieuse_, seems to indicate that the painting, attributed to Moillon at the time, was from Monsieur Bénédict. [2] The catalogue for the 1951 exhibition _ Natures mortes françaises du XVIIe siècle à nos jours_ at the Galerie Charpentier named Mme. Monet as the owner of three still lifes, including this one, attributed to Moillon.

Still Life with Plums

Linard, Jacques

first half 17th century

Accession Number

2025.11.5

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 32.5 × 45 cm (12 13/16 × 17 11/16 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Miriam and Eliezer Benbassat