Plate with imaginary portrait of the tragic poet Moschion
Images of cameos proliferated on objects of all sorts during the age of Neoclassicism. Some were copies, some inventions, but all owed their origins to Greco-Roman antiquity. By implication, these adaptations underscored the owner's erudition and sober good taste. The owner might be rich or humble. Pottery such as Wedgwood's, for example, made enough use of cameos to satisfy all comers.
Artwork Details
- Title: Plate with imaginary portrait of the tragic poet Moschion
- Manufactory: Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
- Decorator: Jean-Marie DeGault (active 1808–17)
- Date: 1811–18
- Culture: French, Sèvres
- Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
- Dimensions: Diameter: 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
- Credit Line: The Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund, 1989
- Object Number: 1989.84
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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