Jean Baptiste Lallemand

JEAN BAPTISTE LALLEMAND (Dijon, ca. 1710 - Paris, ca. 1805).
"Landscape with waterfall and strollers".
Oil on canvas. Relined.
Provenance:
- Sale in Lille, Mercier-Vellier-Thullier studio, January 19, 1989, no. 24.
- Sale in Paris, studio Ader-Picard-Tajan, December 5, 1990, no. 86.
- Sale in Paris, Hôtel Drouot, May 6, 1994, no. 17.
In good condition. The frame has slight damage.
Measurements: 42 x 61 cm; 53 x 71,5 cm (frame).

In this canvas Jean Baptiste Lallemand offers us an excellent and meticulous fluvial landscape with a scenographic composition captured from a high point of view that allows a detailed vision of the different planes. They follow one another in depth, marking a dynamic zigzag that avoids compositional monotony, and they alternate light and shadow in a very effective way, following the scenographic conception of nature. A golden light floods the scene, highlighting especially the reflection in the waterfall.

Jean Baptiste Lallemand was a painter dedicated mainly to painting and drawing landscapes and genre works. After a stay in Italy, he traveled to Paris and became a member of the Academy of Saint-Luc. His work is currently preserved in the Museum of Fine Arts in Dijon, in the Carnavalet Museum and in the Cabinet of Prints of the National Library, both in Paris.