Plate Cover

between 1771 and 1772

Jacques Nicolas Roettiers French, 1736-1788

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Title Plate Cover

Artwork Date between 1771 and 1772

Artist Jacques Nicolas Roettiers

Life Dates 1736-1788

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. French

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Silver

Dimensions Overall: 7 5/8 × 9 3/8 inches (19.4 × 23.8 cm)

Classification Silver

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

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

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 57.70

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Marks Mark: I [crowned; Paris 1772] Mark: A [crowned; under administration of J. Alaterre] Mark: J.N.R [Master silversmith Jacques Nicolas Roettiers; fleurs de lis crowned; a sheaf of wheat and the two grains]

Provenance

commissioned by Catherine II of Russia [1729-1796] for Gregory Orloff [Grigory Orlov, 1734-1783]

Gregory Orloff [Grigory Orlov, 1734-1783]

after 1783, reacquired by Catherine II of Russia [1729-1796]. Ricardo do Espirito Santo Silva (Lisbon, Portugal). 1957-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Les Trésors de l'Orfèvrerie du Portugal. Exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs. Paris, 1954, no. 469 (pl. 176).

Grigault, Paul. "Late Eighteenth Century French Silver in the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection." Bulletin of the DIA 36, nos. 3/4 (1959-60): pp. 78-83.

Davis, F. French Silver 1450-1825. New York and Washington, 1970, (fig. 68).

Helft, Jacques. Treasure Hunt, Memoirs of an Antique Dealer. London, (pls. 3 and 11b), pp. 29-30.

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Report of the Year 1989-1990. Philadelphia, 1990, p. 23 (ill.).

The Jaime Ortiz-Patino Collection, 18th Century French and English Silver. Sales cat., Sotheby's, New York, May 21, 1992, lot no. 119.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Jacques Nicolas Roettiers, Plate Cover, between 1771 and 1772, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection of Early French Silver Fund, 57.70.