Artwork Details
Artist
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
11 x 10 x 7 in.
Mark Description
Marks on top gold band of mount on stem (Ajax cameo side): 1. Maker's mark for Jean-Valentin Morel, 2.) head of horse turned to the right (poincon de petite garantie) (warranty). Marks on top gold band at top of foot mount (Ajax cameo side): 1. Profile of bearded Greek man looking at right (poincon de garantie) (excise) 2.) Maker's mark for Jean-Valentin Morel engraved on underside of foot: 1855 Morel - Sèvres 750/1000 (18 carat gold)
Accession Number
Credit Line
Dennis T. Hollings Memorial Fund and the Robertine Daniels Art Fund in memory of her late husband, Richard Monroe Fairbanks Sr., and her late son, Michael Fairbanks
Copyright
Collection
Color Palette
Provenance
Commissioned in 1854 by Honoré-Théodoric-Paul-Joseph d'Albert, Duke of Luynes (1802-1867) Paris, France; Sale at (Sotheby's, Paris, France) in 2003; (S.J. Philips Ltd., London, England); purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Indianapolis, Indiana in 2004.
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at World's Fairs, 1851-1939
Mint Museum of Art
September 21, 2013 - January 19, 2014
Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at World's Fairs, 1851-1939
New Orleans Museum of Art
April 12, 2013 - August 4, 2013
Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at World's Fairs, 1851-1939
Carnegie Institute Museum of Art
October 13, 2012 - February 24, 2013
Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at World's Fairs, 1851-1939
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
April 14, 2012 - August 19, 2012
London International Exhibition
South Kensington Museum
1871 - 1871
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