Vase (Vase étrusque à rouleau)
Manufacture nationale de Sèvres (Model designed by Charles Percier (born France, 1764–1838); Decoration designed by Alexandre-Theodore Brogniart (born…)
1813
- Medium
- Enameled and gilded hard-paste porcelain and gilded bronze
- Classification
- Ceramics
- Dimensions
- 137.2 × 83.2 cm (54 × 32 3/4 in.)
- Culture
- Sèvres
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Applied Arts of Europe
- Credit line
- Harold L. Stewart and Harry and Maribel G. Blum endowment funds
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
The design for this monumental vase was begun around 1810 during the reign of Napoleon I, but it was not completed and released from the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory until 1814, after the emperor’s defeat and the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy. Recognizing the diplomatic potential of such a magnificent vase, King Louis XVIII presented it to the British foreign secretary, Viscount Castlereagh, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry. The gift was likely a strategic attempt by the French to gain British favor, as Castlereagh played a key role in rebalancing power in Europe during the Congress of Vienna following Napoleon’s defeat.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
