Porcelain cup with floral pattern on bronze mount, Collection of the Sèvres factory
Artist
Louis-Rémy Robert
(French, 1810 - 1882)
Dateca. 1855
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage: 10 × 12 1/2 inches (25.4 × 31.75 cm)
Sheet: 10 9/16 × 13 1/8 inches (26.82 × 33.35 cm)
Sheet: 10 9/16 × 13 1/8 inches (26.82 × 33.35 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2020.5.8
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
On View
On viewGallery Location
- L10
Collections
DescriptionImage of a porcelain bowl decorated with a floral motif and resting on an ornate bronze base.Gallery LabelWhen Louis-Rémy Robert made this photograph in the 1850s, the French porcelain factory Sèvres, which produced this elaborate bowl, was slipping behind its competitors in both artistic and scientific innovation. Photographs like this one were given to patrons to create interest in newly produced pieces and encourage brand loyalty.
Robert was head of Sèvres’s painting workshop, though he began his career as a chemist. This dual background in science and art lent itself well to photography’s early experimental years that required knowledge of both.
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2019;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2020.
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