Salvaging the Past: Georges Hoentschel and French Decorative Arts from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
April 4 - August 11, 2013
Meeting of Saints Joachim and Anne at the Golden Gate
Benedikt Dreyer (ca. 1480–after 1555)
North German, ca. 1515–20
Oak with paint and gilding
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1916 (16.32.213)
Panel from the shutters formerly in the Chapel at Versailles
Carved by Jules Degoullons (ca. 1671–1738) and associates after designs by Robert de Cotte (1656–1735)
French, ca. 1710
Carved oak, originally painted and gilded
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906 (07.225.145b)
Crest of a mirror
French, 1715–30
Carved and gilded walnut
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906 (07.225.389)
Armchair for Louise-Élisabeth of Parma
Attributed to Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot (1706–1776), possibly after a design by Pierre Contant d'Ivry (1698–1777)
French (Paris) and Italian (Parma), ca. 1749
Carved and gilded oak; original silk-velvet upholstery and gold trim
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906 (07.225.57)
Monkey
French, 18th or 19th century
Painted terracotta
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906 (07.225.413)
Decorative panels from the comte d’Artois’ second cabinet turc at Versailles
Jean-Siméon Rousseau de la Rottière (1747–1820) and Jules-Hughes Rousseau (1743–1806)
1781
Oil on oak
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906 (07.225.458)
Mask
Possibly after a design by André-Charles Boulle (1642–1732)
French, 1700–10
Gilt bronze
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906 (07.225.510.25)
Vase
Georges Hoentschel (1855–1915)
French, ca. 1900
Glazed stoneware with gold highlights
Jason Jacques Gallery, New York
Allegorical subject
French, 1720–30
Oil on canvas; carved oak
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906 (07.225.157a,b)
Diptych with scenes from Christ’s Passion
French, ca. 1350
Elephant ivory with silver mounts
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.190.208)
