History of the Ceramic Art: A Descriptive and Philosophical Study of the Pottery of All Ages and All Nations: France: Sèvres- Soft Porcelain- Vase, Commemorative of the Battle of Fontenoy (Plate XI)
1877
This etching by Jules Jacquemart documents a commemorative porcelain vase from the Sèvres manufactory, one of France's most prestigious ceramic workshops. The work exemplifies the 18th century practice of creating luxury soft paste porcelain vessels to celebrate significant historical events, in this case the French military victory at the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745. As part of Jacquemart's comprehensive study of ceramic history, the etching serves both as a documentary record of French decorative arts achievement and as evidence of how porcelain was instrumentalized to commemorate national glory.
- Medium
- etching
- Location
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Rodolphe Bresdin
French · b. 1822
Bresdin was a master French etcher working in the same 19th century tradition as Jacquemart, producing highly detailed and technically precise intaglio prints that documented and celebrated decorative and historical subjects with meticulous line work similar to this commemorative vase study.
Charles-Nicolas Cochin
French · b. 1715
Cochin specialized in engraving and etching decorative arts objects and ceremonial vessels for the French court, producing documentary illustrations of luxury Sèvres and royal manufactory pieces that share the same neoclassical aesthetic and historicist commemorative purpose seen in this Jacquemart etching.
Philippe Burty
French · b. 1830
Burty was a French art critic and printmaker deeply engaged with ceramic history and decorative arts documentation, producing etchings and scholarly illustrated studies of porcelain and faience objects that parallel Jacquemart's approach of combining artistic etching technique with historical and material culture analysis.
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