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The cameo portrait on this dish depicts Caligula (Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus;12 AD – 41AD), Roman Emperor from 37 AD to 41 AD. The image closely matches a coin depicting Caligula, illustrated in Ennio Quirino Visconti’s 'Iconographie Grecque'. Paris, 1808. Plate 25a.  Visconti (1751-1818) was an Italian antiquarian and art historian, papal Prefect of Antiquities, and an expert on ancient Roman sculpture..Published by order of Napoleon I copies of this three volume work were given out as gifts. \r\nLouis Joseph and Jean François Darté’s factory in the Rue de la Roquette was in production from 1808 to 1825 at a time when there were more than thirty porcelain factories and four thousand outworkers in Paris. The outlet for the firm was in the elegant Palais Royal. Many other porcelain factories were making use of this cameo technique, between 1811 and 1818 the Sèvres factory produced three ‘Services iconographique grec’ also decorated with Neo-classical borders and using portrait imagery from Visconti.\r\n","physicalDescription":"Round porcelain plate lavishly decorated with heavy gilding. The Emperor Caligula's head is depicted in the centre, in imitation of a hardstone cameo.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Darte Frères","id":"A3516"},"association":{"text":"manufacturers","id":"AAT25230"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"hard paste porcelain","id":"AAT10663"},{"text":"enamel","id":"AAT14910"},{"text":"gilt","id":"x30367"}],"techniques":[{"text":"enamelled","id":"x30139"},{"text":"gilded","id":"AAT53789"},{"text":"painted","id":"AAT54216"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Porcelain","id":"THES48907"}],"styles":[{"text":"Neo-classicism","id":"x38958"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2006BK4457"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"1","id":"THES263059"},"free":"","case":"CA7","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Plate","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Paris","id":"x29068"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1810","earliest":"1805-01-01","latest":"1814-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Presented by Lt. 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Sèvres  ‘Service iconographique grec'"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Iconographie grecque, par le chevalier E.Q. Visconti \r\nVisconti, Ennio Quirino, 1751-1818. \r\nPublisher:  Paris, Impr. de P. Didot laîné, 1808. \nPlate 25a.\n\r\n \r\n \r\n "}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Label for 'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900', Gallery 101, de-canted March  2017:\n\n'9\nPlate with Head of the Emperor Caligula\nAbout 1810\n\nStrong colours and lavish gilding were typical of the Empire style. The head on this plate imitates a classical carved cameo. This cameo decoration was used at the imperial factory at Sèvres, but also at many of the small porcelain factories of Paris. The Darte brothers sold their wares from the elegant and fashionable Palais Royal.\n\nFrance, Paris; manufactured by Darte Frères\nHard-past porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt\nMarked 'DARTE FRERES A PARIS'\n\nMuseum no. C.374-1914\nGiven by Kenneth Dingwall, DSO'","date":{"text":"08/06/2017","earliest":"2017-06-08","latest":"2017-06-08"}},{"text":"PLATE \r\n\r\nC.374-1914 \r\n\r\n‘American and European Art and Design 1800-1900'\r\n\r\nLouis Joseph and Jean François Darté’s factory in the Rue de la Roquette was in production from 1808 to 1825 at a time when there were more than thirty porcelain factories and four thousand outworkers in Paris. The outlet for the firm was in the elegant Palais Royal. This lavishly decorated plate displays the heavy gilding fashionable at this period, and the Emperor’s head is painted in imitation of a hardstone cameo, a device used at Sèrves and other porcelain factories, and a tribute to the popularity of classical carved gems. \r\n\r\nGiven by Kenneth Dingwall, D.S.O.","date":{"text":"1987-2006","earliest":"1987-01-01","latest":"2006-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["C.374-1914"],"accessionNumberNum":"374","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1914,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LM9524","2019LW4105"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-11","recordCreationDate":"2000-03-29","availableToBook":false}}