Vase and Cover (Vase cassolette Bachelier)
(18th and 19th Centuries )
The “front” reserve of this white vase was decorated by Charles-Nicolas Dodin (1734–1803), after François Boucher’s painting Interrupted Sleep, which was also known through an engraving. This painting of a shepherd teasing a sleeping shepherdess was made for the château de Bellevue for Madame de Pompadour, royal mistress to King Louis XV. The vase and cover are termed a "Vase cassolette Bachelier" after the designer of this shape, Jean-Jacques Bachelier (1724–1806).
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Provenance
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Collection of the Baroness Burdett-Coutts [according to Hodgkins, remains to be verified]; E. M. Hodgkins Collection, Paris, no. 37 [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.
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
---|---|---|
9/24/2015 | Treatment | Cleaned |
9/24/2015 | Treatment | Cleaned in preparation for exhibition. |
9/24/2015 | Examination | Examined |
9/24/2015 | Examination | Examined in preparation for exhibition. |
Geographies
France, Sèvres (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H with lid: 12 3/16 × W: 11 15/16 × D: 8 11/16 in. (31 × 30.3 × 22 cm); Vase H: 9 7/16 × W: 11 15/16 × D: 8 11/16 in. (24 × 30.3 × 22 cm); Lid H: 2 1/4 × W: 3 11/16 × D: 2 11/16 in. (5.7 × 9.3 × 6.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1928
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.583