Attribué à Nicolas Jacques JULLIARD (1719-1790)

THE RETURN OF THE TROOPS BEFORE THE STORM Paris, between 1753 and 1763 Oil on oak panel, Louis XV period frame 26 x 42 cm (with frame: 38 x 54 cm) Provenance Galerie Bailly, Paris Private collection, Paris, since 2005 Even more than the previous painting, of which it forms a counterpart, this painting by Nicolas Jacques Julliard evokes the art of Boucher, whose pupil he was from 1740 to 1749. He then travelled to Rome, from where he returned in 1753 before being appointed Painter to the King of the Aubusson and Felletin factories, for which he supplied the cartoons. This picturesque landscape, where the whole family is busy bringing in the animals before the storm arrives, owes a great deal to his reception piece, which was presented to the Academy in 1759 (fig. 1). The painting is presented in the same carved and gilded oak frame as the previous Roman landscape, with carved spandrels reminiscent of the work of Jean-Baptiste I Tilliard. Further information from the collector can be accessed by QR Code in the PDF.