Pair of Covered Tureens on Stand (Paire de pots-à-oille)
Medium
soft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1953.25
Tags
gender unknown
About this artwork
A misconception influenced by 19th-century art historical texts, the pale pink that appears on Sèvres porcelain is commonly and incorrectly called rose Pompadour after Madame de Pompadour, official mistress of French King Louis XV. Though she was a great patron of the factory, this pale pink ground did not carry her name during its mid-18th-century production. Instead, factory records refer to this striking pink simply as rose.