Ask the Scholar

{
    "localId": "21080",
    "label": "One of a Pair of Vases (Vase des âges à têtes d'enfants)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.567"
}

{
    "id": "21080",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.567",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "One of a Pair of Vases (Vase des âges à têtes d'enfants)",
    "description": "Between 1778 and 1782, Sèvres manufactured for Louis XVI a series of vases with handles shaped as busts of infants, young women, and old men, hence the name \"vases des âges.\" The Walters' examples, with the infants and a \"bleu nouveau\" ground color, bear classical scenes and an additional decoration of \"jewels\" composed of enamel drops over gold foil.The classical scenes are derived from an illustrated edition of Télémaque, a romance set in antiquity written by Fénélon in 1699. This vase shows Telemachus, the son of Ulysses, winning a chariot race. The other side of the vase has a reserve decorated with floral motifs.This vase and its pair (WAM 48.566) were designed by Jacques-François Deparis. The painting was by Antoine Caton, the gilding by Etienne-Henry Le Guay, and the jewels by Philippe Parpette.The J. Paul Getty Museum has examples of the first and second sizes. There are 23 known examples in existence.",
    "provenance": "Louis XVI, Chateau de Versailles, November 2, 1781, by purchase [from Sèvres factory]; Rothchild Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [not verified]; Collection Park Heirlooms [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; E.M. Hodgkins, Paris, no. 70 [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A. Seligmann, Rey and Co., New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.",
    "date": "ca. 1778",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.567",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "vases"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_48.566-567_Gp_TR_T97III.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_48.566-567_Gp_TR_T97III.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_48.566-567_Gp_TR_T97III.jpg",
    "imageCount": 7,
    "pageCount": 7,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 35,
            "height": 19,
            "depth": 15.5
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall H: 13 3/4 × W: 7 1/2 × D: 6 1/8 in. (35 × 19 × 15.5 cm); Base, W: 3 15/16 × D: 3 15/16 in. (10 × 10 cm); Body only, H: 11 13/16 in. (30 cm); Lid only, H: 2 1/2 × Diam: 3 1/8 in. (6.3 × 8 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Repairer's Mark] Incised on the inside of the rim: B (Bono",
        "Étienne Henri",
        "répareur);  [Gilder's Mark] Le Guay",
        "Étienne Henry"
    ],
    "med": "gilt and enamel on soft paste porcelain",
    "creator_ids": [
        "4150",
        "2082",
        "2960",
        "4540",
        "5429",
        "1916"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "415"
    ]
}

{
    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/CUR_48.567_Back_DD_10112003.jpg",
    "mediaId": "7f744e0f2560137b"
}