Attributed To French Master Jean-Baptiste Pillement (1728 - 1808). Magnificent rococo pair paintings depicting scenes from the life of Europe of the 18th century. Two scenes tell us about the lives of travelers and fishermen of the time. Two frames of the same century perfectly complement these paintings. Paintings made in the technique: Pastel, Bodycolor, chalks, and perhaps gouache on paper or paperboard supported by wooden boards. Gold leaf neoclassical frames of early 1800s (not examined under frames). On the reverse side of the wooden substrate, there is a stamp, "Bundesdenkmalamt Wien", Perhaps Jean-Baptiste Pillement (1728 –1808). Antique old paintings.
Size app.: 32 x 45 cm (roughly 12.6 x 17.7 in), nice frames ca 34.5 x 47.5 cm (roughly 13.6 x 18.7 in). Very good condition, Wet cloud to upper right of one, scuffs of pastel or chalk fragments to same painting (see photos). Please study good resolution images for overall cosmetic condition. In person actual painting may appear darker or brighter than in our pictures, strictly depending on sufficient light in your environment. Weight of app. 1,9 kg is going to measure some 4 kg volume weight packed for shipment.
Jean-Baptiste Pillement was a painter and designer, known for his exquisite and delicate landscapes, but whose importance lies primarily in the engravings done after his drawings and their influence in spreading the Rococo style, and particularly the taste for Chinoiserie, throughout Europe. Works by Pillement are held in the following collections: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C; Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; Courtauld Institute of Art, London; Philadelphia Museum of Art, amongst others.