Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria
Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria
Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria
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MANUFACTURE DE SÈVRES manufacturer<br />
France est. 1756<br />
Jean-Jacques LAGRANGE, the younger<br />
decorator<br />
France active 1797–1807<br />
Hebe pouring nectar for Jupiter, plate<br />
from the Olympic service<br />
Assiette du service Olympique, Hébé<br />
versant le nectar à Jupiter<br />
1803–07<br />
porcelain (hard-paste)<br />
Fondation Napoléon, Paris<br />
Acquisition, 1999 inv. 1155<br />
The Olympic service was begun in 1803<br />
and delivered to the Tuileries Palace on<br />
21 August 1807 on the occasion <strong>of</strong> the<br />
marriage banquet <strong>of</strong> Napoleon’s brother,<br />
Jérôme Bonaparte, the new King <strong>of</strong><br />
Westphalia. The service <strong>of</strong> 140 pieces was<br />
decorated with scenes depicting the lives<br />
and loves <strong>of</strong> the Olympian gods. In order<br />
to cement his alliance with Russia after<br />
the Treaty <strong>of</strong> Tilsit in July 1807, Napoleon<br />
presented the entire Olympic service to<br />
Tsar Alexander as a diplomatic gift.<br />
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