This pointillistic still life with fruits on the garden table was executed ca. in 1910s by French painter Émile MESNAGER , who worked on the turn of 20th century. Dates of his life are unknown, but few artist´s similar still lifes and landscapes are in the Museum of Fine Art in Nantes and a "Portrait of Louis-Auguste Victor, Comte de Ghaisnes de Bourmont, Marechal de France " - in Versailles, Paris. In the on-line date bank artprice.com represented few works by this artist including very similar still life with fruits (dated 1917) and a nude painting (dated 1910).

Literature: Joconde, on-line Portail des collections des musées de France; catalogue of the Fine Arts museum in Nantes; date base artprice.com.

Inscription: signed lower left.

Technique: oil on canvas. Luxuriousy original period gold-plated frame.

Measurements: unframed w 19 7/8 " x h 24 1/4" (50,5 x 61,5 cm), framed w 28" x h 31 7/8 " (71 x 81 cm).

Condition: in very good condition.