Файл:Antoine Vollon - Still life with a map of the world, books and parchments.jpg

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 <objecttitle>Still life with a map of the world, books and
 parchments</objecttitle>
 <artistname>Antoine Vollon (Lyon 1833 - Paris 1900)</artistname>
 <longdescription>Signed lower right A. Vollon&lt;br br&gt;Oil on
 canvas&lt;br&gt;18 ⅛ x 21 ⅝ in. (46 x 55 cm.)&lt;br br br&gt;“M.
 Vollon was above all a popular painter. The public gathered in
 throngs before his paintings at the Salon, and the artist had
 managed to make a success of a work solely through the vigour and
 depth of its execution.” br br&gt;Such was the eulogy the art
 critic Arsène Alexandre gave to mark the death of Antoine Vollon,
 whose career as a painter had spanned over forty years and ended
 with him being heralded as one of the most successful painters of
 his generation who combined the two traditions of Romanticism and
 Realism. br br&gt;Vollon’s career began in Lyon, where, after his