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Manufacture Royale de S\u00e8vres, vers 1785 sous la direction de Louis-Simon Boizot
Biscuit de porcelaine dure
Dimensions : H. 17 ; L.13,5 ; H. cadre 19 ; L. cadre 22,5 (cm.)
S\u00e8vres, vers 1785<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plaque ou m\u00e9daillon de forme ovale, de deuxi\u00e8me grandeur, repr\u00e9sentant en alternance de deux couleurs une sc\u00e8ne n\u00e9oclassique, \u00e0 l\u2019antique organis\u00e9e autour d\u2019un foyer cylindrique et s\u00e9parant trois femmes drap\u00e9es. Tr\u00e8s fine sculpture en quasi ronde-bosse dans un biscuit de porcelaine dure, l\u00e9g\u00e8rement teint\u00e9 sur le dessus, en bleu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cette sc\u00e8ne s\u2019inspire des bas-reliefs d\u00e9couverts lors de successives campagnes de fouilles au XVIIIe si\u00e8cle et de leur diffusion principalement par la gravure. Par ailleurs, la th\u00e9matique des vestales est amplement employ\u00e9e tant dans les arts d\u00e9coratifs que les beaux-arts, ce qui est d\u00fb \u00e0 la dimension initiatique. <\/p>\n\n\n

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L’initiation de la vestale – biscuit de Boizot.
(c) Schoppmann Art and Antiques<\/a>, Proantic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Le dernier tiers du XVIIIe si\u00e8cle conna\u00eet en effet la naissance de multiples soci\u00e9t\u00e9s secr\u00e8tes et franc-ma\u00e7onnes, dont l\u2019entr\u00e9e se fait par des rites.\u00a0La composition est scind\u00e9e par le feu sacr\u00e9 de la d\u00e9esse Vesta, conserv\u00e9 dans le Prytan\u00e9e, autrement dit le saint des saints. Sur la gauche, une matrone supervise l\u2019initiation de la jeune femme agenouill\u00e9e, tandis que la derni\u00e8re la cache du regard ext\u00e9rieur.\u00a0Vesta, la protectrice des foyers, des familles et des villes romaines, est la s\u0153ur de Jupiter. Cette divinit\u00e9 est servie par des pr\u00eatresses issues d\u2019une s\u00e9lection rigoureuse : choisies entre leurs 6 et 10 ans, les fillettes doivent avoir des parents de bonne naissance, qui vivent au c\u0153ur de l\u2019Empire. Elles \u00e9taient mises au service de la d\u00e9esse pour une dur\u00e9e de trente ans avec une obligation de chastet\u00e9.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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L’initiation de la vestale – biscuit de Boizot.
(c) Schoppmann Art and Antiques<\/a>, Proantic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Oeuvre en rapport :Le mod\u00e8le pr\u00e9paratoire de ce m\u00e9daillon est conserv\u00e9 au Mus\u00e9e national de la manufacture de S\u00e8vres, dat\u00e9 de 1784 et illustr\u00e9 dans La Manufacture des Lumi\u00e8res, la sculpture \u00e0 S\u00e8vres de Louis XV \u00e0 la R\u00e9volution, sous la direction de Tamara Pr\u00e9aud et Guilhem Scherf, \u00e9ditions Faton, 2015. Reproduction p. 316, inv. MNC 21707.<\/p>\n\n\n

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L’initiation de la vestale sous la direction de boizot, 1785.\n\nTransfert de la Manufacture Nationale de S\u00e8vres, 1951<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Louis-Simon Boizot (1743 – 1809)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c9l\u00e8ve de Slodtz, il remporte le prix de Rome en 1762 et s\u00e9journe donc \u00e0 l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie de France pendant cinq ans. Il devient acad\u00e9micien en 1778. Par ailleurs, il tient sa grande notori\u00e9t\u00e9 de son r\u00f4le \u00e0 la t\u00eate des ateliers de sculpture de la manufacture de S\u00e8vres, tout en travaillant en parall\u00e8le pour Dihl et Gu\u00e9rhard. Il r\u00e9alise dans la d\u00e9cennie 1780 tout un ensemble de ces m\u00e9daillons d\u00e9coratifs, totalement n\u00e9oclassiques et particuli\u00e8rement pl\u00e9biscit\u00e9s par une client\u00e8le anglo-saxonne, et par certains marchands-merciers qui les incluaient dans des ouvrages d\u2019\u00e9b\u00e9nisterie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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