Pair of Vases (Vases des âges à têtes d'enfants)
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 a...
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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. 69 [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.
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.21 (48.566, 48.567) |
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