Love helps to pass the time
Clock
ca. 1819 (made)
ca. 1819 (made)
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This clock is modeled after a sculpture by the French artist Jean-Antonine Houdon entitled L'amour fait passer le Temps (‘Love helps to pass the time’). It depicts Cupid (the god of desire in classical mythology) steering Chronus, the personification of time, through choppy waters. It is made of biscuit porcelain, favoured by neo-classical sculptors as it mimics white marble.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 5 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Biscuit porcelain with gilt-bronze mounts |
| Brief description | Porcelain clock modelled as 'L'amour fait passer le Temps' (Love helps to pass the time), Nast's porcelain factory, Paris, ca. 1819 |
| Physical description | Clock modelled of biscuit porcelain with gilt-bronze mounts. Mounts: The dial is inscribed 'à Paris' |
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| Credit line | Given by René de l'Hôpital |
| Production | The model is illustrated among the porcelains shown by Nast at the exhibition of 1819: see Régine de Plinval-Salgues, La Ceramique Française aux Expositions Industrielles, Cahiers de la Ceramique du Verre ..., no 22, p. 87, figures 1-2. The figure subject is after a sculpture by J. A. Houdon (1740-1828). |
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| Summary | This clock is modeled after a sculpture by the French artist Jean-Antonine Houdon entitled L'amour fait passer le Temps (‘Love helps to pass the time’). It depicts Cupid (the god of desire in classical mythology) steering Chronus, the personification of time, through choppy waters. It is made of biscuit porcelain, favoured by neo-classical sculptors as it mimics white marble. |
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| Accession number | C.1437-1924 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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