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Nicolas Baudesson was a seventeenth-century French painter whose practice focused on still life and flower painting. Born in Troyes on 6 December 1611, he died in Paris on 4 September 1680. The nephew of still-life painter Jacques Linard, he was also his apprentice; his mother, Jeanne Linard, was Linard’s sister.
Biographical records place his stay in Rome between 1636 and 1665, followed by his activity in Paris from 1666 to 1680. On 26 May 1671, Baudesson was admitted to the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. A large part of his work is held at the Palace of Versailles.
Works listed in public collections include a Bouquet de fleurs at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Troyes, originating from the Galerie Marcus, and Fleurs dans un vase de cristal at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen. The latter is an oil on canvas measuring 46 × 38 cm.
This profile brings together identity references for Nicolas Baudesson and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
2 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky, Lempertz. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Oil on canvas
Blumenstrauß in einer Glasvase
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2020-05-30
Published result : 12500 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 8000
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Oil on canvas
Nature morte aux fleurs.
Öl auf Leinwand
Zugeschrieben
Date to be documented
Attributed
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
