Vase with Portrait of President MacMahon (c. 1872–1874): Art, History and Details

Vase with Portrait of President MacMahon (c. 1872–1874) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Alfred-Thompson Gobert (French, 1822–1894); Constantin Renard (French); Emile-Bernard Rejoux (French, 1832-); Jean-Denis Larue (French, 1884); Jules Archelais (French, 1865–1902).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Marie Edmé Patrice Maurice de MacMahon (1808-1893), whose portrait appears on this vase, was its first owner. He was a successful military leader who was given the titles of Duke of Magenta and Marshall of France by Napoleon III, but after France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 and the end of the Second Empire, MacMahon was elected second President of the Third Republic of France.

Object facts

• Title: Vase with Portrait of President MacMahon
• Date: c. 1872–1874
• Creator attribution: Alfred-Thompson Gobert (French, 1822–1894); Constantin Renard (French); Emile-Bernard Rejoux (French, 1832-); Jean-Denis Larue (French, 1884); Jules Archelais (French, 1865–1902)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: porcelain with gilt bronze mounts
• Dimensions: Overall: 89.2 x 43.8 cm (35 1/8 x 17 1/4 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1979.40

Collection credit

The Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection

Further reading listed by the museum

• Cleveland Museum of Art, “Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection is on View in Year in Review Exhibition,” February 7, 1980, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
• Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1979." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 67, no. 3 (1980): 58-99.
• Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.

View the collection record

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