Lot n° 208
Estimation :
8000 - 12000
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 16 744EUR
Group in two parts in cookie and porcelain of Niderviller of - Lot 208
Group in two parts in cookie and porcelain of Niderviller of the end of the XVIIIth century Mark in relief on the base of the group on a cartouche NIDERVILLE and in hollow G.n° :78
Representing "The Education of Emile", the upper part with Jean-Jacques Rousseau dressed in antique style, holding in his right hand a book above a broken medallion with bas-relief decoration of classroom scenes, his right hand a crown of flowers joined by a chain to in child making a sled, on a rectangular base with cut sides and molded, the base decorated with a bas-relief symbolizing the Opinion on the face in a blue and gold cartouche, the sides with a semi of stylized flowers gold standing out on a blue background, small chips, small wear
H. total height: 51 cm.
Notes:
For a similar model, see the sale at Christie's, London, November 18, 1998, lot 55.
Notes:
At the time of the sale at Christie's, this group was sold with an engraving by C.Guttenberg, representing the same allegory
This engraving bears numerous inscriptions that shed light on its meaning: Monument erigé a Geneve a J.J. Rousseau, Dedié a Robert Pigott, Ecuyer Anglais par Jacques Argand, Citoyen de cette Ville; ainsi que le texte suivant: Il représente allégoriquement les principes d'education contenus dans le livre d'Emile, qui brise et détruit les abus barbares de l'education Scholastique. The teacher favors the games and pleasures of his pupil, surrounds him with chains that he supports with flowers, so that the child does not feel the weight of them, he does not separate pleasure from instruction, he is bound to his pupil in the manner of a slave as a sign of the subjection that he must devote to the child. A bigger chain crawls on the destal foot and binds the child to nature, it is that of necessity, with which he maintains him in the only dependence of the things, so that he never encounters only Physical obstacles and that the brake which retains him is the force, and not the authority.
In front of the pedestal the Opninion is represented raising her Throne in the middle of the Airs of the Earth and of the Sea, the teacher leads his Student away from Her and says to him the Opinion is the Tomb of the Virtue among Men, the mother on the contrary leads her daughter to pay homage to this Queen of the World, and says to her: the Opinion is the Throne of the Virtue among Women
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