# Still-Life [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HUILLIOT, Pierre Nicolas]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 65 x 74 cm ## Commentary This canvas presents a still-life with a 'brioche' bread, oysters, a flute-glass, grapes and pears, a drapery and game, all on a stone plinth. It is dominated by the large 'brioche' bread, placed in the upper left, with a flute-glass containing red wine behind it. It is signed with monogram 'NH', lower right on the drapery. In keeping with realism, the artist's signature is 'embroidered' on the rim of the drapery. ## Related artworks - [Still-Life of Musical Instruments]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()