Food art. Still lifes by Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744-1818). A French painter, she was best known for her work in this genre. A member of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture at the tender age of 26. Images in the public domain.

On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next. View all posts by sarahbguestperry