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Source Description
French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc’s <em>The Natural History of Birds</em> provided models for bird painting in mid-18th-century France. Engravings in this book by François-Nicolas Marinet likely inspired the bird painted on this plate. These popular representations responded to a growing 18th-century French interest in biologically accurate representations of the natural world.
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Document identity
localId
138443
label
Plate (assiette unie)
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obj
dtoType
object
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1
Source metadata
id
138443
contentType
object
title
Plate (assiette unie)
description
French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc’s <em>The Natural History of Birds</em> provided models for bird painting in mid-18th-century France. Engravings in this book by François-Nicolas Marinet likely inspired the bird painted on this plate. These popular representations responded to a growing 18th-century French interest in biologically accurate representations of the natural world.
date
c. 1794
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80034282
creators
11883
12271
genreSpecific
Ceramic
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.)
cul
France, Sèvres
accession
1962.359
Source extras
tec
Soft paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration
tombstone
Plate (assiette unie), c. 1794. Sèvres Porcelain Factory (French, est. 1756), Etienne Evans (French, 1733–1806). Soft paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration; diameter: 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1962.359
collection
Decorative Arts
inscriptions
inscription
[In blue, on bottom]: "CONTIGA, DE CAYENNE"; "Sevres RF"; [Painters mark of Étienne Evans (dagger)]
inscription
[Incised on bottom]: "B"
didYouKnow
Identified on the back of the plate as <em>Cotinga, du Cayenne</em>, the bird represented is a spangled <em>continga</em>, a species found in the Amazon rainforest.
citations
citation
Hawley, Henry. "French Ceramics: The Norweb Collection." <em>Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>71 (January 1984): 3-15.
page_number
p. 12-13, fig. 14
creditline
The Norweb Collection
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:05:33.042000
sourceId
138443
dept
Decorative Art and Design
coll
Decorative Arts
med
Soft paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration
creatorTags
male
gender unknown
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image_url
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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