Themire Crowned by Graces

Sèvres Manufactory

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Beginning in the 1760s, the Sèvres factory produced plaques intended to be hung on walls in the manner of oil paintings. Unlike most surviving Sèvres plaques, this example retains its original gilt wood frame. The fine carving and gilding of the frame reflects the value attributed to these plaques; in 1779 Louis XVI ordered nine depicting hunt scenes to decorate his private dining room at Versailles.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art