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Alexandre Protais, Militaires sur un quai à Toulon, 1854

Alexandre Protais (1826-1890), Military on a quay in Toulon, 1854   History: Purchase and donation of the SAMO, December 2016 Oil on panel; 41 x 73 cm. Photo credit: © Musée d’Orsay / Patrice Schmidt The artist Official artist of the Second Empire, Alexandre Protais is famous for his battle paintings made after taking part […]

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Emile Reiber, Fish Vase, 1876

Emile Reiber, Fish Vase,1876  ◤ NEW ACQUISITION ◢ A new acquisition thanks to a donation from the Société des Amis des Musées d’Orsay et de l’Orangerie, this “Vase with two fishes” is the result of the fruitful collaboration between Christofle & Cie and the decorator Émile Reiber. Director of the manufactory’s confection workshops, the latter […]

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Manufacture de Sèvres, Greek vase with wheels

Manufacture de Sèvres, Greek vase with wheels Manufacture de Sèvres, Greek vase with wheels Designed by Jules Diéterle (1811-1889), this vase is part of a group of neo-Greek forms, here “imitating the Etruscan”, elaborated by the Manufacture de Sèvres in the years 1848-1849 under the administration of Jacques-Joseph Ebelmen (1814-1852). Perched on a stretched campaniform […]

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