Pair of urns with covers with hunting scenes
Mêne was a gifted animalier who realized considerable success with these oft-repeated a urns because of their superb rustic ornament, each having twisted branches of oak that serve as handles and frame the reliefs of hunting subjects. One urn has a hooded falcon for a finial; the other is topped by a heron. The picturesque effects are generically baroque; Mêne porobablv thought of them as being in
the stylistic vein of the Louis XIII period.
the stylistic vein of the Louis XIII period.
Artwork Details
- Title: Pair of urns with covers with hunting scenes
- Artist: Pierre-Jules Mêne (French, Paris 1810–1877 Paris)
- Date: mid-19th century
- Culture: French
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: Height (each): 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm)
- Classification: Metalwork-Bronze
- Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Wesley Halpert and Mrs. Carolyn Halpert, 1994
- Object Number: 1994.531.1a, b, .2a–c
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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