Le service en argent du duc de Saxe-Teschen

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Depuis le 13 avril dernier et jusqu'au 7 novembre 2010 prochain, le Met consacre une exposition au service en argent du duc de Saxe-Teschen et de son épouse l'archiduchesse Marie-Christine :

Citation:

Vienna Circa 1780: An Imperial Silver Service Rediscovered
April 13, 2010–November 7, 2010
Wrightsman Exhibition Gallery, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, 1st floor

Following the acquisition in 2002 of a pair of wine coolers from the Sachsen–Teschen Service, the core of the surviving parts was discovered in a French private collection. This superb ensemble was last displayed at the beginning of the twentieth century. Wine coolers, tureens, cloches, candelabra, candlesticks, dozens of plates, porcelain-mounted cutlery, and other kinds of tableware, totaling more than three hundred items, represent the splendor of royal dining during the ancien régime. It was made for Duke Albert Casimir of Sachsen–Teschen (1738–1822) and his consort, Archduchess Marie Christine of Austria (1742–1798), daughter of Empress Maria Theresa, by the Imperial court goldsmith Ignaz Josef Würth. The Sachsen–Teschen Silver Service, an embodiment of Viennese Neoclassicism, is shown in the context of contemporary silver from other countries.

Accompanied by a catalogue published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The exhibition is made possible by the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation.

Et si vous ne passez par par New York prochainement, peut-être pourrez-vous plus facilement vous rendre à Vienne (Autriche) où l'exposition séjournera au musée Liechtenstein, du 4 décembre 2010 au 26 avril 2011.

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Le service en argent du duc de Saxe-Teschen, au musée Liechtenstein

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