EditorialCharles-Claude Flahaut de la Billarderie, comte d'Angiviller (1730-1809). Director of the Batiments du Roi. Portrait by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis (1725-1802). 1780-1789. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark.
EditorialLouis Seize. Johann Gotthard von M?ller (German, 1747-1830); after Joseph Siffred Duplessis (French, 1725-1802); published by Johann Friedrich Frauenholz (German, 1758-1822); printed by Fran?ois Dominique Ramboz (French, act. 1787-1819). Date: 1793. Di...
EditorialPair of Vases (Pots Pourris ? Bob?ches). S?vres Porcelain Manufactory; French, founded 1740; Designed by Jean-Claude Duplessis; (French, fl. 1745/48-1774, died 1783); Painted by Andr?-Vincent Vieillard (attributed to); (French, 1717-90, active 1752-90)...
EditorialVase (Cuvette Mahon). S?vres Porcelain Manufactory; French, founded 1740; Designed by Jean-Claude Duplessis (probably); (French, fl. 1745/48-1774, died 1783); Painted by Charles Nicolas Dodin (attributed to); (French, 1734-1803). Date: 1755-1765. Dimen...
EditorialElephant Candelabrum Vase (Vase ? T?te d'El?phant). S?vres Porcelain Manufactory; French, founded 1740; Design attributed to Jean-Claude Duplessis (French, active 1745/48-1774, died 1783); Painted by Pierre-Louis-Philippe Armand (French, active 1758-17...
EditorialChancellerie. Presumably after a cartoon by Jacques Vigoureux Duplessis (French, 1670/75-1732); Presumably woven at the Manufacture Royale de Beauvais under the direction of Pierre and Etienne Filleul (French, codirectors 1711-22); France, presumably B...
EditorialVase. S?vres Porcelain Manufactory; French, founded 1740; Designed by Jean-Claude Duplessis; French, fl. 1745/48-1774, died 1783. Date: 1755-1765. Dimensions: H. 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.); diam. at mouth: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.). Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome e...
EditorialEwer and Basin (Pot a l'Eau et jatte Feuille d'Eau). S?vres Porcelain Manufactory; French, founded 1740; Designed by Jean-Claude Duplessis (probably); (French, fl. 1745/48-1774, d. 1783). Date: 1756-1760. Dimensions: Ewer height: 7.5 cm (6 7/8 in.) Ba...
EditorialPotpourri " vaisseau" (vessel) This potpourri in the shape of a ship is decorated with a rose bottom and chinese ornamentation. The shape was created by Jean-Claude Duplessis while the decoration was painted by Charles-Nicolas Dodin. This obj...
EditorialJacques Necker (1732-1804), statesman and economist, Minister of Finance to Louis XVIth; father of Germaine, Madame de Stael. Necker's economic reforms could not prevent the Revolution of 1789.
EditorialCharles-Claude Flahaut de la Billarderie, comte d'Angiviller (1730-1809). Director of the Batiments du Roi. Portrait by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis (1725-1802). 1780-1789. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark.