id: 149042
accession number: 1977.182.a
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Tureen, 1735-38. Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (French, 1695-1750), Pierre-François Bonnestrenne (French), Henry Adnet (French, 1745). Silver; overall: 36.9 x 38.4 x 31.8 cm (14 1/2 x 15 1/8 x 12 1/2 in.); average: 35 x 38.4 x 31.8 cm (13 3/4 x 15 1/8 x 12 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1977.182.a
title: Tureen
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creation date: 1735-38
creation date earliest: 1735
creation date latest: 1738
current location: 216A French and German
creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture: France, Paris
technique: silver
department: Decorative Art and Design
collection: Decorative Arts
type: Silver
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CREATORS
* Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (French, 1695-1750) - designer
* Pierre-François Bonnestrenne (French) - maker
Master 1714
* Henry Adnet (French, 1745) - maker
Master 1712
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measurements: Overall: 36.9 x 38.4 x 31.8 cm (14 1/2 x 15 1/8 x 12 1/2 in.); Average: 35 x 38.4 x 31.8 cm (13 3/4 x 15 1/8 x 12 1/2 in.)
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inscription: engraved Meissonnier signature.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Tanke och form i rokokon (18th Century: Thought and Form in the Rococo Age)
opening date: 1979-10-04T04:00:00
Tanke och form i rokokon (18th Century: Thought and Form in the Rococo Age). Nationalmuseum, 103 24 Stockholm, Sweden (organizer) (October 4, 1979-January 6, 1980).
title: Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1720-2008
opening date: 2008-03-07T00:00:00
Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1720-2008. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (March 7-July 6, 2008).
title: Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings
opening date: 2016-07-16T04:00:00
Elegance and Intrigue: French Society in 18th-century Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 6, 2016).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston, 1740-1773; Elizabeth Chudleigh, sometime Duchess of Kingston, 1773-1788; Prince Alexander Bezborodko, 1788-1799 (?); Count Elie Bezborodko, 1799-1815 (?); Count Alexander Kushelev-Bezborodko, 1815-1855 (?); A. A. Polovtsoff; his heirs, sold Paris, 1909; (Jacques Seligmann); J. P. Morgan, 1909-?; (Charles and Richard Comyns, London, 1925-1926); anonymous owner(s) until 1977; (Peter Zervudachi, Galerie du Lac, Vevey, Switzerland).
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fun fact:
The langoustine, pigeon, and vegetables were cast using real examples giving the silver copies lifelike detail and appearance.
digital description:
See entry for cover record 1977.182.
wall description:
Designed by one of Louis XV’s official architects, this tureen exemplifies the French rococo style, an artistic movement celebrating naturalistic forms that developed in Paris during the early 1700s. In contrast to classical, controlled symmetry, rococo forms morph, twist, and spill into the space around them. Meissonnier embellished this tureen in a picturesque arrangement of vegetables and creatures, transforming a utilitarian object into a decadent display of wealth and abundance. This masterpiece comes from a set of two tureens commissioned by the English Duke of Kingston during an extended stay in Paris in the 1730s. Today the second tureen is in a private collection.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
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. 177
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n197
May, Sally Ruth. Knockouts: a pocket guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page number: Reproduced: no. 40, p. 42
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Fuhring, Peter. "The Silver Inventory from 1741 of Louis, duc d'Orleans." Cleveland Studies in the History of Art 8 (2003): 130-145.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 130-131, fig. 1
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20079735
Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 135
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IMAGES
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