Saucer
The portrait is of Louis, Dauphin of France (1729–65), father of Louis XVI, Louis XVIII, and Charles X, and is based on a painting of 1767 by Alexandre Roslin (1718–1793).
Artwork Details
- Title: Saucer
- Manufactory: Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
- Decorator: Célestin-Stanislas Lamarre (active 1816–24)
- Artist: After a painting by Jean-François Robert (French, recorded 1806–34 and 1836–43)
- Date: 1822–23
- Culture: French, Sèvres
- Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
- Dimensions: Diameter: 5 15/16 in. (15.1 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
- Credit Line: Purchase, Gift in Memory of Frederick P. Victoria, 1993
- Object Number: 1993.276.2
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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