Sauceboat
Artist: Emile Gallé (French, 1846-1904)
Date: about 1895
Dimensions:
5 3/8 × 4 1/8 × 8 1/2 in. (13.7 × 10.5 × 21.6 cm)
Medium: glazed earthenware / ceramic
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Gift of Miss Dorothy-Lee Jones
Object number: 1970.44
Label Text:An example of a “boudoir” scene, this image both amuses and titillates with its interrupted narrative. The details of the painting tell the story: the woman’s reclining pose and disarrayed gown; her startled reaction to the apparent unexpected arrival of someone (her husband?) who is greeted by the leaping dog; the hot chocolate service for two; and the hastily overturned chair. An engraved copy of the painting made in 1785 makes the story even more explicit: the head of a hiding lover was added at the right peeking from behind the bed draperies.
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