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Artist:
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Etienne Evans
Sèvres Porcelain Factory
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Title:
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Plate from the Rohan service
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Date:
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1772
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Medium:
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Porcelain
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Dimensions:
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1 1/8 x 9 3/4 in. (2.86 x 24.77 cm)
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Credit Line:
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The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
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Location:
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Gallery 317
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One of the most famous dinner services produced by Sèvres was commissioned for Louis Renè Edouard, Prince of Rohan, Cardinal de Rohan, and bishop of Strasbourg (1734-1803). Before Rohan was lured into a fraudulent scheme involving a diamond necklace, he enjoyed a very privileged status in the royal court of Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI. Rohan's initials, PLR, for Prince Louis Rohan, form the central design on each plate. The decoration of the service featured Rohan's monogram (PLR for Prince Louis Rohan), three white ovals with Kakiemon (Japanese-inspired) scenes, birds, gilded foliage, and the bleu céleste color made famous by Sèvres.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Evans, Etienne
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Role:
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Decorator
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Nationality:
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French
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Life Dates:
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French, active 1752 - 1806
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Name:
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Sèvres Porcelain Factory
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Role:
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Manufacturer
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Life Dates:
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Paris, est. 1756
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Marks 'PLR', in gold, center of plate; 'LL', in script, interlaced; 'CX', to right
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Classification:
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Ceramics
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Physical Description:
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dinner plate, border in turquoise blue decorated with swags of gold leaves joining three oval medallions reserved in white and painted with landscapes and birds, scene differing from plate 44.42.1; in the center of the plate the monogram of a member of the Rohan family in gold within a wreath of gold leaves and acorns emerging from a tree stump; underglaze stone grey; the pieces in this group are part of a set made for the Rohan family during the reign of Louis XV
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Creation Place:
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Europe, France, , , Sèvres
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Accession #:
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44.42.2
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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