id: 123530 accession number: 1944.126.1 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.126.1 updated: 2023-04-21 11:01:23.388000 Andiron (Chenet), c. 1785. France, 18th century. Gilt bronze; overall: 50.3 x 46.3 x 14 cm (19 13/16 x 18 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection 1944.126.1 title: Andiron (Chenet) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1785 creation date earliest: 1780 creation date latest: 1790 current location: 234 Textile Gallery creditline: The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection copyright: --- culture: France, 18th century technique: gilt bronze department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Furniture type: Furniture and woodwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 50.3 x 46.3 x 14 cm (19 13/16 x 18 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Neo-classicism: Style and Motif opening date: 1964-09-23T04:00:00 Neo-classicism: Style and Motif. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). title: Jefferson in Paris: Fashion on the Eve of the French Revolution opening date: 2002-10-05T00:00:00 Jefferson in Paris: Fashion on the Eve of the French Revolution. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 5, 2002-January 5, 2003). title: Egyptomania: Fashion's Conflicted Obsession opening date: 2023-04-01T04:00:00 Egyptomania: Fashion's Conflicted Obsession. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 1, 2023-January 28, 2024). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio (10/5/2002 - 1/5/2003), "Jefferson in Paris: Fashion on the Eve of the French Revolution" --- PROVENANCE Marquis of Hertford, Paris; Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss, Cleveland Heights, Ohio. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Although Louis Jean Desprez’s design was largely inspired by tombs in southern Italy, he added sphinxes in his print Tomb with Sphinx due to his fascination with ancient Egypt. Ancient Egyptians saw the sphinx, a half-human, half-lion
mythological creature, as a protector of tombs and temples. The pair of andirons, decorative supports for a hearth’s firewood, alongside Tomb with Sphinx, highlight the growing interest in Egyptomania during the 1700s. Interestingly, the andirons portray ancient Greek and Roman interpretations of the sphinx. Most Europeans learned of ancient Egypt by
studying Egyptomania in ancient Roman and Greek art and architecture or Egyptian antiquities brought over by the Romans. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Prentiss, Elisabeth Severance, and Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection; Bequest of Elisabeth Severance Prentiss, 1944. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944. Published as: Pair of Firedogs, chenets page number: Mentioned: p. 61; Reproduced: Plate XXVIII url: https://archive.org/details/Prentiss/page/n63 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 157 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n181 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 157 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n181 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 189 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n209 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1944.126.1/1944.126.1_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1944.126.1/1944.126.1_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1944.126.1/1944.126.1_full.tif