Lidded urn, motifs after François Boucher’s paintings "Are they thinking of the grapes?" (NM 773)

Artist/Maker

DatesManufactured: Manufactured 1893

Material / Technique

Dimensionsh x w x d: Mått [med lock] 68 x 30 x 20 cm h x w x d: Mått utan lock 56,5 x 30 x 20 cm

Inventory numberNMGu 3925

AcqusitionDonated 2000 by Kooperativa Förbundet

Other titlesTitel (sv): Lockurna med motiv efter François Bouchers "Tänker han på druvorna" (NM 773) Titel (en): Lidded urn, motifs after François Boucher’s paintings "Are they thinking of the grapes?" (NM 773) Etikett (sv): Lockurna, "Tänker han på druvorna?" Tidigare: Lidded urn, "Tänker han på druvorna?"

DescriptionDescription: The urns’ decoration was created by Franz Meder after paintings in Nationalmuseum’s collection by the French painter François Boucher. The motif on the urn on the left is Boucher’s Leda and the Swan, which was displayed at the Salon in Paris in 1742. The idyllic motif on the urn on the right is called Are they thinking of the grapes? and was painted in 1747 as a commission for Queen Lovisa Ulrika’s picture gallery at Drottningholm Palace. These types of showpiece urns illustrated the factory’s technical and artistic skills and served as advertisements for simpler and more inexpensive wares with printed decoration. The show-piece urns were mainly purchased by collectors and museums or for public spaces.

Collection

Geographical origin

MaterialCeramic

TechniqueArt industry