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Learn moreMarc Jacquart
Sugar Bowl
Artist
Marc Jacquart
Active in Paris from 1798
Title
Sugar Bowl
Date
Between 1798 and 1809
Materials
Silver, crystal
Dimensions
29.4 x 16 x 14.3 cm
Weight
Weight: 883.5 g
Credits
Gift of the Honourable Serge Joyal, P.C., O.C., in honour of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts' 150th anniversary, inv. 2010.775.1-3
Collection
Decorative Arts and Design
The decoration of this piece comprises a female figure with a child, symbols of the birth of love or the protectiveness of maternal love. The
iconography here suggests Cupid and Psyche, the famous mythological couple whose story is told by Ovid in the Metamorphoses.
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