# Soup Plate presented to the Conde d’Aranda, Spanish ambassador to the French court, by King Louis XVI of France

- By: Manufacture nationale de Sèvres (Painted by Henry-Germain Boileau fils (French, active 1781-93); Sèvres, France)
- Date: 1787
- Medium: Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding
- Classification: Ceramics
- Dimensions: 4 × 24.2 cm (1 9/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Sèvres
- Credit line: Joseph Maier and Arthur Lewis Liebman Memorial: Gift of Kenneth J. Maier, M.D.
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/222984)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/4c30b0e7-96b3-665c-c0e1-c37581d6fa2f/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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The French royal porcelain manufactory at Sèvres, outside Paris, drew nobility, royalty, and other wealthy patrons from across Europe with the rich colors and lavish gilding of its fashionable wares. This dish is part of a much larger dinner service commissioned from the factory. Unequivocal statements of luxury and sophistication, these services epitomize the prestige of French design in Europe during the 1700s.

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