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• Tapis pour la Grande Galerie du Louvre
  8 mars 2011, par FABIEN

  Manufacture de la Savonnerie Vers 1678 Inv. CAM 176 © MAD, Paris / photo : Jean Tholance Si vous souhaitez utiliser ce visuel, veuillez contacter la photothèque Sur un fond blanc se détache un médaillon central décoré de quatre têtes de vents soufflant dans des trompettes réunies par des cors de chasse noués de rubans et encadré d’une bordure de papillons ; autour quatre cartouches couronnés aux armes de France sont soutenus par les ailes de la Renommée et réunis par des guirlandes de (…)

• Buste de l’Été
  7 mars 2008, par ANAIS

  Par Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) Vers 1785 Marbre blanc Inv. CAM 165 © MAD Si vous souhaitez utiliser ce visuel, veuillez contacter la photothèque En 1781, Houdon avait conçu deux figures en pieds grandeur naturelle personnifiant l’Hiver et l’Eté sous les traits d’une jeune fille transie de froid et d’une jardinière portant un arrosoir, sculptées dans le marbre en 1783 et 1785 (ces deux œuvres sont conservées au musée Fabre à Montpellier). Leur succès amena l’artiste à décliner ces (…)

• Six-part folding screen
  18 October 2016, by FABIEN

  Savonnerie factory ca. 1735-1740 Inv. CAM 141 © MAD Both sides of each part of the screen feature a polychrome decoration on a red ground. On ten of the panels, a decoration of birds and flowers is framed by flowered trellises or palm leaves and rocaille elements; on the other two, monkeys dressed as humans (“singeries”) are framed by bat-wings and rocaille motifs. The panels are mounted on red velvet with a double row of gilt nails. The Savonnerie factory began to produce folding screen (…)

• Mantel clock with Chinese figure
  18 October 2016, by FABIEN

  Movement by Nicolas Sotiau, Master in 1782 ca. 1785 Chased, gilt and patinated bronze, onyx and white marble Inv. CAM 182 © MAD If you would like to use this image, please contact the Picture Library The patinated bronze figure, seated on a cushion, is framed by two palm trees supporting a bowl. He strikes a gong containing the clock face, which bears the name of Nicolas Sotiau, who became a Master clockmaker in 1782. The rock and base are of white marble. Fernando Nunez, Spanish (…)

• Roll-top desk
  18 October 2016, by FABIEN

  Stamped by Jean-François Oeben, Master in 1761 ca. 1760 Oak and sycamore veneered with tulipwood, sycamore, amaranth with holly marquetry, service tree, maple, barberry, ash burl, maple burl, amaranth; decorated with chased gilt bronze Inv. CAM 191 © MAD, Paris / photo: Jean Tholance If you would like to use this image, please contact the Picture Library The cabinetmaker and mechanic Jean-François Oeben designed this new type of furniture piece, the most famous example of which is Louis (…)

• Bust of Summer
  18 October 2016, by FABIEN

  By Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) ca. 1785 White marble Inv. CAM 165 © MAD If you would like to use this image, please contact the Picture Library In 1781, Houdon designed two life-size, full-length figures personifying Winter and Summer: a young woman, numb with cold, and a woman gardener holding a watering can. These works, both of which are held by the Musée Fabre in Montpellier, were carved in marble in 1783 and 1785. The figures proved so successful that the scuptor decided to (…)

• Médaillon : La baronne de Nivenheim
  7 mai 2008, par FABIEN

  Par Jean-Baptiste Nini (1717-1786) 1768 Terre cuite, cadre en bois sculpté et doré Inv. CAM 417 © MAD Si vous souhaitez utiliser ce visuel, veuillez contacter la photothèque Le nom de Jean-Baptiste Nini reste attaché à la production bien particulière de médaillons de terre cuite moulée représentant les bustes en profil des célèbres personnages de son temps, de la Cour de Versailles, mais aussi de personnes de la région de Chaumont-sur-Loire où il avait installé son entreprise. Moïse de (…)

• Carpet for the Grande Galerie in the Louvre
  18 October 2016, by FABIEN

  Savonnerie factory ca. 1678 Inv. CAM 176 © MAD, Paris / photo: Jean Tholance If you would like to use this image, please contact the Picture Library A central medallion, standing out against a white background, contains the heads of four Winds blowing trumpets that are connected by hunting horns tied with ribbons. The medallion is framed by a circle of butterflies. Four crowned cartouches containing the arms of France are supported by the wings of Fame and linked by garlands of flowers (…)

• Portrait of Geneviève Le Couteulx du Molay
  18 October 2016, by FABIEN

  By Elisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun (1755-1842) 1788 Oil on canvas Inv. CAM 172 © MAD, Paris / photo: Jean Tholance If you would like to use this image, please contact the Picture Library Elisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun is best known as the portraitist of Queen Marie Antoinette and the aristocracy. In her memoirs, she described her model as “a pretty, very fashionable woman.” The natural pose, facial expression and elegant outfit reflect the sensibility of the artist and her complicity with (…)

• Chest of drawers with sliding doors
  18 October 2016, by FABIEN

  Stamped by Jean-Henri Riesener, Master in 1768 ca. 1775-1780 Oak veneered with amaranth, sycamore, burl maple, satinwood, holly, hornbeam, hawthorn, maple and barberry, decorated with chased gilt bronze. Breche violette marble top. Inv. CAM 120 © MAD, Paris / photo: Jean Tholance If you would like to use this image, please contact the Picture Library Although the overall shape is that of a chest of drawers, the design of this piece is highly original. Below three frieze drawers, two (…)