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Medici vase with a scene of the château at Saint-Cloud (one of a pair)

Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory French
Patron Commissioned by Napoléon Bonaparte French
1811
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 553
Napoleon I, who commissioned this vase as a gift for his brother, rides in a carriage in front of the royal residence at Saint-Cloud, where he was named emperor in 1804. The view offers a glimpse of the terraced gardens refined by André Le Notre that descent to the river Seine. This and the other vase in the pair, which depicts the emperor hunting in the hills nearby, are notable for their large scale, detailed gilding, and ground color that imitates tortoiseshell.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Medici vase with a scene of the château at Saint-Cloud (one of a pair)
  • Manufactory: Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
  • Artist: Jean François Robert (French, Chantilly 1778–1832)
  • Patron: Commissioned by Napoléon Bonaparte (French, Ajaccio 1769–1821 St. Helena)
  • Date: 1811
  • Culture: French, Sèvres
  • Medium: Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold, gilt bronze
  • Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 27 1/4 x 18 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. (69.2 x 47 x 47 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers and 2011 Benefit Funds, and Gift of Dr. Mortimer D. Sackler, Theresa Sackler and Family, 2011
  • Object Number: 2011.545
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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