Lidded urn, motif after François Boucher’s painting "Leda and the Swan" (NM 771)

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 3926

AcqusitionDonated 2000 by Kooperativa Förbundet

Other titlesTitel (sv): Lockurna, motiv efter François Bouchers "Leda och svanen" (NM 771) Titel (en): Lidded urn, motif after François Boucher’s painting "Leda and the Swan" (NM 771) Etikett (sv): Lockurnor, "Leda och svanen" Etikett (en): Lidded urns, "Leda och svanen" Tidigare: Lidded urn, "Leda och svanen"

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