Autumn (one of a pair)

Jean-Baptiste Pigalle|Ange Jacques Gabriel

1742–45 · Marble · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This vase, along with its mate by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, was part of a set of four designed for the royal Château de Choisy by the architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel. None of the vases, however, was ever sent to Choisy. The Museum's pair was given by Louis XV to the marquis de Marigny, the marquise de Pompadour's brother, who placed them in his own château at Ménars, where they remained until the beginning of this century. The other pair, decorated with the attributes of Spring, was made by Jacques Verbeckt and is divided between the Musée du Louvre in Paris and the château at Malmaison.

Artist

Jean-Baptiste Pigalle|Ange Jacques Gabriel

Date

1742–45

Medium

Marble

Culture

French, Paris or Versailles

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Purchase, Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation Inc. Gift, Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc. Gift, and Rogers Fund, 1966