# Still-Life of Game

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## Artwork

- Artist: [DESPORTES, Alexandre-François](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/desportes-alexandre-franois-r7b738ec596597b>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 89 x 113 cm

## Commentary

The painting shows a still-life of game with a bowl of plums and peaches. It is an example of the paintings of trophies of the hunt and dead game arranged with fruit and flowers and vegetables on tables or in landscape settings, which Desportes began to execute after 1700. These works combine Flemish realism and brilliant colours and French classical principles.

## Related artworks

- [A Dog and a Cat Fighting in a Kitchen Interior](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/desportes-alexandre-franois-r7b738ec596597b/a-dog-and-a-cat-fighting-in-a-kitchen-interior-r824c53870acc12>)
- [Bonne, Nonne and Ponne, Dogs of King Louis XIV](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/desportes-alexandre-franois-r7b738ec596597b/bonne-nonne-and-ponne-dogs-of-king-louis-xiv-r165279d82a209a>)
- [Dog Guarding a Hunting Trophy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/desportes-alexandre-franois-r7b738ec596597b/dog-guarding-a-hunting-trophy-rb51a0bf046df26>)
- [Fruits, Flowers and Vegetables in a Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/desportes-alexandre-franois-r7b738ec596597b/fruits-flowers-and-vegetables-in-a-landscape-r68489c3b6e2255>)
- [Landscape Study from Nature](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/desportes-alexandre-franois-r7b738ec596597b/landscape-study-from-nature-r21271b04e48ad1>)
- [Pantry with Artichokes, Cauliflowers and a Basket of Mushrooms](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/desportes-alexandre-franois-r7b738ec596597b/pantry-with-artichokes-cauliflowers-and-a-basket-of-mushrooms-r10e851fc8ccb9c>)
- [River Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/desportes-alexandre-franois-r7b738ec596597b/river-landscape-rcbf657b225d9a9>)
- [Self-Portrait as a Huntsman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/desportes-alexandre-franois-r7b738ec596597b/self-portrait-as-a-huntsman-r38fb50581ae658>)
- [Still-Life of a Kitchen Table](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/desportes-alexandre-franois-r7b738ec596597b/still-life-of-a-kitchen-table-r54322e1dacd1de>)
- [Still-Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/desportes-alexandre-franois-r7b738ec596597b/still-life-r343ca0f1f8e019>)
- [Still-Life with Dead Hare and Fruit](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/desportes-alexandre-franois-r7b738ec596597b/still-life-with-dead-hare-and-fruit-r94aa735949294f>)
- [Still-Life with Ewer](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/desportes-alexandre-franois-r7b738ec596597b/still-life-with-ewer-ra4c1432b242ce3>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)