Pair of overdoors

ca. 1770
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 553
The medallion in the center of 07.225.101a is carved with a classicizing laureate profile portrait of Louis XV (1710–1774). This and a pendant overdoor, also in the Museum's collection, are said to come from the Château de Saint-Cloud, near Paris, which belonged to the Orléans family for most of the eighteenth century until 1785, when it was bought by Louis XVI as a present for Marie-Antoinette.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pair of overdoors
  • Date: ca. 1770
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Carved wood
  • Dimensions: Overall (each): 26 3/4 × 63 3/8 in. (67.9 × 161 cm)
  • Classification: Woodwork
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906
  • Object Number: 07.225.101a, b
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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