Tureen and Stand (pot à oille et plateau)
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Gustav III’s early arrival at Versailles, on June 7, 1784, meant that Louis XVI had to improvise his selection of presents; the Swedish royal received multiple pieces from Marie Antoinette’s own "Colorful Frieze" service, including this tureen. The whole gift of porcelain was put on private view before it was delivered to Gustav. A British tourist described being especially impressed with the "gilded and excellently painted" service she and her husband saw that June.
Artwork Details
- Title: Tureen and Stand (pot à oille et plateau)
- Manufactory: Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
- Artist: Tureen painted by Jacques-François Micaud (French, active 1757–1810) and
- Artist: gilded by Etienne-Henry Le Guay (French, active 1748–49, 1751–97)
- Artist: Stand painted by Jacques-François-Louis de Laroche (French, active 1758–1802) and
- Artist: gilded by Henri-François Vincent (active 1753–1806)
- Date: 1784
- Culture: French
- Medium: Soft-paste porcelain, decorated in polychrome enamels and gold
- Dimensions: Tureen: 9 13/16 × 11 1/4 × 9 1/16 in. (25 × 28.5 × 23 cm)
Tray: 21 5/8 × 18 3/16 × 14 3/4 in. (55 × 46.2 × 37.5 cm) - Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
- Credit Line: Musée du Louvre, Paris, Département des Objects d’Arts (OA11979–11980)
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts