Louis-René de la Chalotais
Figure
ca. 1765-ca. 1770 (made)
ca. 1765-ca. 1770 (made)
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Standing figure of Louis-René de la Chalotais on low rectangular base: he wears an advocate's robes with ermine cape and holds a book in his left hand; Tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels.
Object details
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| Title | Louis-René de la Chalotais (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels |
| Brief description | Figure of Louis-René de la Chalotais in tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels, probably Rennes pottery factory, France, about 1765-1770. |
| Physical description | Standing figure of Louis-René de la Chalotais on low rectangular base: he wears an advocate's robes with ermine cape and holds a book in his left hand; Tin-glazed earthenware painted with enamels. |
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| Gallery label | Gallery 128 Decant 2003
Louis-René de la Chalotais was celebrated for provoking the expulsion of the Jesuits from France in 1765.(07/06/2004) |
| Credit line | Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support |
| Object history | Paper label: 'HYAM & CO 158 Brompton Rd 7 81 9 i / t / -' |
| Production | Acquired as Brussels, 2nd half of the 18th century, reattributed to Rennes and dated to the third quarter of the century following identification of the subject by Hans Haug, who drew attention to another of this subject at the Musée des arts dècoratifs, Strasbourg; Louis-René de la Chalotais was celebrated for provoking the expulsion of the Jesuits from France in 1765 (see letter and notes in Register); for generally similar figures attributed to Rennes and dated to the middle decades of the century see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, Paris & Rouen - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1998, p. 56. |
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| Accession number | C.100-1926 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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