The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Vase with Portrait of President MacMahon
c. 1872–1874
decorated by
(French, 1822–1894)
thrower
(French)
gilded by
(French, 1832-)
sculptor
(French, 1884)
decorated by
(French, 1865–1902)
Overall: 89.2 x 43.8 cm (35 1/8 x 17 1/4 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
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.- President MacMahon, Paris; (his descendants, United States?). [Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York].
- 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. archive.orgLee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1979." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 67, no. 3 (1980): 58-99. Reproduced: cat. no. 33, p. 72; Mentioned: p. 59 www.jstor.orgCleveland 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. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 70-71, no. 75
- The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-August 22, 1982).Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1979.40