Who created "Cockerel"?

Cockerel was created by Saint-Cloud factory in ca. 1740.

When was "Cockerel" created?

This artwork was created ca. 1740.

What medium is "Cockerel"?

Cockerel is Soft-paste porcelain.

Is "Cockerel" in the public domain?

Yes, Cockerel is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Cockerel

Saint-Cloud factory

ca. 1740

Medium

Soft-paste porcelain

Dimensions

Overall: 6 3/4 × 6 5/8 in. (17.1 × 16.8 cm)

Classification

Ceramics-Porcelain

Culture

French, Saint-Cloud

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973

Accession Number

1974.356.598

Tags

Roosters

Art Historical Context

This spirited *Cockerel*, produced by the Saint-Cloud around 1740, the charm of early French porcelain craftsmanship. Standing about 6¾ inches tall, this softaste porcelain figurine depicts a proud rooster in exquisite detail, its feathers and stance rendered with lively realism. Part of the European Sculpture andative Arts collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it reflects the factory's specialty in whimsical animal figures for aristocratic homes. Saint-Cloud, one of France's pioneering porcelainories near Paris (active from 1709 to 1766), mastered soft-paste porcelain—a innovative bl...

About the Artist

Saint-Cloud factory · 1693–1766

The Saint-Cloud porcelain factory, situated on the Seine in the town of Saint-Cloud near Paris, revolutionized European ceramics as the first to manufacture soft-paste porcelain commercially, beginning in 1693. Originally established around 1664-1666 as a faience workshop, it shifted to porcelain under Pierre Chicaneau, a potter whose experiments yielded a frit-based paste with a warm yellowish or...

Cockerel

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