The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 18, 2024
Charger
c. 1750
Diameter: 36.3 cm (14 5/16 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
This plate demonstrates the commercial exchange of products—in this case prints and porcelain—between Europe and Asia in the 1700s. Here, a Chinese porcelain factory adapted a French print to decorate a dish for the European market. It depicts a fable by Jean de La Fontaine in which a barrel-maker’s wife dallies with a lover while her husband is working.- Robert H. Gries; (Parke-Bernet, 10 April 1970, lot 175).
- Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).Year in Review: 1970. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1970.48