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Source Description
Dugourc entered this model in a contest held in 1787 to choose a design for Queen Marie-Antoinette's new jewel cabinet at the palace of Versailles. The jury selected another entry which was constructed the following year and is now in the Queen's bedroom in the palace. Dugourc, a multi-talented designer, received commissions from the comte de Provence (Louis XVI's brother and the future Louis XVIII) and from both Paul I and Catherine the Great of Russia as well as from Gustavus III of Sweden. The Walters piece, an extremely rare model for a royal commission, reflects the prevailing neoclassical style in the use of such motifs as caryatids (pilasters in the form of human torsos), Greek sphinxes, delicate "rinceaux" (scrollwork), and lyres. Encased in the roundels are the monograms of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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33164
label
Model for a Royal Jewel Cabinet
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Source metadata
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normalized
title
Model for a Royal Jewel Cabinet
description
Dugourc entered this model in a contest held in 1787 to choose a design for Queen Marie-Antoinette's new jewel cabinet at the palace of Versailles. The jury selected another entry which was constructed the following year and is now in the Queen's bedroom in the palace. Dugourc, a multi-talented designer, received commissions from the comte de Provence (Louis XVI's brother and the future Louis XVIII) and from both Paul I and Catherine the Great of Russia as well as from Gustavus III of Sweden. The Walters piece, an extremely rare model for a royal commission, reflects the prevailing neoclassical style in the use of such motifs as caryatids (pilasters in the form of human torsos), Greek sphinxes, delicate "rinceaux" (scrollwork), and lyres. Encased in the roundels are the monograms of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
provenance
Marie Antoinette, Versailles, 1787, by commission; Mme Lelong (?); H. W. Harding; Henry Walters, Baltimore, July 11, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1787
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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Wood
models (representations)
cabinets (case furniture)
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4
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4
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
78.7
height
69.5
depth
23.5
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H: 31 × W: 27 3/8 × D: 9 1/4 in. (78.7 × 69.5 × 23.5 cm)
Source extras
med
wood, wax and ink on paper
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5600
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316
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