Sujet
Still Life: Tea Set, about 1781-1783. Creator: Jean-Etienne Liotard.
Légende
Still Life: Tea Set, about 1781-1783. In this painting of tea-time disarray, a tray is set with six cups and saucers, a teapot, sugar bowl, milk jug, and a lidded vase perhaps containing an extra supply of tea leaves. A large bowl holding a teacup and saucer could also be used for dumping the slops of cold tea and used tea leaves. By the time Liotard painted this work in the late 1700s, tea-drinking had become fashionable among the middle as well as the upper classes. Liotard contrasted the luxurious materials of Chinese porcelain and silver with a cheaper tray of painted tin, known as tôle, that imitated Asian lacquer.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM24A63_255
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
51,1Mo (1,6Mo) / 42,0cm x 30,5cm / 4960 x 3603 (300dpi)