Gerard Rijsbrack

[3] Gerard Rijsbrack was born in Antwerp as the son of the landscape painter Pieter Rijsbraeck and Geneviève (Genoveva) Compagnon, a French woman his father had married in France.

Pieter Andreas and John Michael moved to London around 1620 where they built successful careers.

His move to Paris may be related to the fact that his brother Pieter Andreas Rijsbrack was no longer able to work as he was suffering from consumption from which he died in London in October 1748.

Like his compatriot Pieter Boel in the 17th century, Rysbrack received various commissions to produce paintings for the menagerie at Versailles.

This mark resembles the old French Écu coins and were branded on the dogs that were part of the royal pack.

[8] In two paintings of dead game he made for the menagerie at the Palace of Versailles in 1751 (Louvre Museum, Paris), his manner of representation shows an aesthetic as well as a documentary preoccupation.

Still life with game and fish
Vase of flowers before a mountainous scenery near a river
Fishing bird, swans and fish
Deer hunt
A dead hare with fruit and dead birds at the foot of a tree