Le Jeu De La Perche

Part of the suite of eight decorative panels in shades of blue and white that the painter Michel-Hubert Descours produced in 1755 for the living room of his house in Bernay in the rue Grand-Bourg.

Descours in 1731 moved to Paris and learned his trade from one of the greatest masters of his time, Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743) and learnt the art of portraiture.

Measurements:

120 x 157 cm High

47 x 61.75 inches

Peasant Woman Milking Cows

Part of the suite of eight decorative panels in shades of blue and white that the painter Michel-Hubert Descours produced in 1755 for the living room of his house in Bernay in the rue Grand-Bourg.

Descours in 1731 moved to Paris and learned his trade from one of the greatest masters of his time, Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743) and learnt the art of portraiture.

Measurements:

168 x 157 cm high

120 x 61.8 inches

Villagers picking a swarm of Bees

Part of the suite of eight decorative panels in shades of blue and white that the painter Michel-Hubert Descours produced in 1755 for the living room of his house in Bernay in the rue Grand-Bourg.

Descours in 1731 moved to Paris and learned his trade from one of the greatest masters of his time, Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743) and learnt the art of portraiture.

Measurements:

169 x 157 cm

66 x 61.8 inches

Sheperds playing the Flageolet

Part of the suite of eight decorative panels in shades of blue and white that the painter Michel-Hubert Descours produced in 1755 for the living room of his house in Bernay in the rue Grand-Bourg.

Descours in 1731 moved to Paris and learned his trade from one of the greatest masters of his time, Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743) and learnt the art of portraiture.

Measurements:

56 x 157cm

22 x 61 inches

Sheperd and Shepherdess dancing to the sound of tambourine

Measurements:

75 x 157 cm

29.5 x 61.8 inches

Michel Hubert-Descours

Descours was one of the few French portrait painters who, despite not working in Paris, was able to achieve huge regional importance. For the entirety of his career Descours worked as an independent portrait painter in the small town of Bernay and yet was one of the best French portrait painters of the middle of the 18th century.
Praised highly by his teacher, Hyacinthe Rigaud, in whose workshop he was active between 1731 and 1745. He returned to his hometown in the 1740s, where, preceded by a good reputation, he quickly obtaineda successful practice receiving commissions from around Europe (portraits by the artist are to be found in Dresden and Potsdam) from the elite and local notable citizens. He showed great attention to the rendering of fabrics and accessories and he often combined the traditional Baroque formula for a portrait with an altogether more delicate and more light-hearted nature of the Rococo.