Collection Basin

Basin

Antoine LeBrun French, 1702-1758
On View

in

Fashionable Living, Level 3, South Wing

Basin
Image Only Image + Details All Images High Resolution TIFF Metadata
  • About the Artwork

    Please note: This section is empty

  • Markings

    Please note: This section is empty

    This section contains information about signatures, inscriptions and/or markings an object may have.

  • Provenance

    Please note: This section is empty

    Provenance is a record of an object's ownership. We are continually researching and updating this information to show a more accurate record and to ensure that this object was ethically and legally obtained.

    For more information on provenance and its important function in the museum, please visit:

    Provenance page
  • Exhibition History

    Please note: This section is empty

    The exhibition history of a number of objects in our collection only begins after their acquisition by the museum, and may reflect an incomplete record.

    We welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.

    Suggest Feedback
  • Published References

    Please note: This section is empty

    We regularly update our object record as new research and findings emerge, and we welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.

    Suggest Feedback
  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Please note: This section is empty

    A catalogue raisonné is an annotated listing of artworks created by an artist across different media.

  • Credit Line for Reproduction

    Please note: This section is empty

    The credit line includes information about the object, such as the artist, title, date, and medium. Also listed is its ownership, the manner in which it was acquired, and its accession number. This information must be cited alongside the object whenever it is shown or reproduced.

  • Audio Transcript

    Please note: This section is empty

About the Artwork

The third duke of Cadaval of Portugal ordered this nineteen-piece toilet service for the French princess Henriette of Lorraine on the occasion of their marriage in 1739. The only complete French toilet set to survive from the first half of the eighteenth century, it includes a mirror, ewer and basin, candlesticks, jewel boxes, clothes brush, and pin cushion, among other articles.
The royal silversmith Thomas Germain (1673–1748) may have designed this elegant toilet set, actually fabricated by four lesser-known Parisian silversmiths. Commissioned by one of the most important lords of Portugal, the set represents the quality and luxury of the toilet services made for the French court during the first half of the eighteenth century and later melted down or dispersed.

Basin

between 1738 and 1739

Antoine LeBrun

1702-1758

French

----------

Silver

Overall: 2 5/8 × 13 3/8 × 9 15/16 inches, 2 pounds 12 ounces (6.7 × 34 × 25.2 cm, 1.2 kg)

Silver

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection of Early French Silver Fund

53.184

Public Domain

Markings

Marks, engraved in center: [coat of arms]

Provenance

ca. 1738, probably commissioned by Jaime de Mello, 3rd Duke of Cadaval, or by Louis of Lorraine, prince de Lambesc;
May 1739, Henriette-Julie-Gabrielle de Lorraine, Duchesse de Cadaval [1724-1761];
by descent to the family of the Dukes of Cadaval (Lisbon, Portugal);
1931, sold by 9th Duke of Cadaval;
1931, acquired by (Jacques Helft, Paris, France);
1952, Elizabeth and Harvey Firestone, Jr.;
1953-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

For more information on provenance, please visit:

Provenance page

Exhibition History

Please note: This section is empty

The exhibition history of a number of objects in our collection only begins after their acquisition by the museum, and may reflect an incomplete record.

We welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.

Suggest Feedback

Published References

Please note: This section is empty

We regularly update our object record as new research and findings emerge, and we welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.

Suggest Feedback

Catalogue Raisoneé

Please note: This section is empty

Credit Line for Reproduction

Antoine LeBrun, Basin, between 1738 and 1739, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection of Early French Silver Fund, 53.184.

Basin: Main View of Collection Gallery

More by Artist

Ewer

Ewer

Antoine LeBrun

Cosmetic Pot

Cosmetic Pot

Antoine LeBrun

Table Mirror

Table Mirror

Antoine LeBrun

Toilet Service of the Duchesse de Cadaval

Toilet Service of the Duchesse de Cadaval

Multiple makers

No Available Image

Pair of Cosmetic Pots with Stand

Antoine LeBrun

No Available Image

Stand

Antoine LeBrun

Related Works

No Available Image

Orphrey Fragment

Spanish

No Available Image

Orphrey Fragment

Spanish

No Available Image

Orphrey Fragment

Spanish

The Burning of Troy

The Burning of Troy

Fontana Workshop

Ewer

Ewer

Antoine LeBrun

Cosmetic Pot

Cosmetic Pot

Antoine LeBrun

Table Mirror

Table Mirror

Antoine LeBrun

Basin
Basin
Basin

1 / 1

Image Only Image + Details All Images High Resolution TIFF Metadata
Close