Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849 Search this
Company:
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756 Search this
Medium:
Pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, white gouache, red crayon, graphite on tan paper mounted on blue-gray paper
Dimensions:
10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.), diameter
Type:
ceramics
Drawing
Object Name:
Drawing
Made in:
France
Date:
1819–20
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. The setting is the interior of a greenhouse. A man in right foreground is holding a pineapple in his left hand while offering a taste of the fruit in his right hand to two small girls. Another man at center points to a wall thermometer to verify the ideal room temperature to ripen pineapples. A watering can in the left foreground leans on a table which holds potted pineapples. Snakes hang from rafter supports in the middleground. A map showing Mexico and Brazil is mounted on the rear wall. Light streams through the multi-paned window at right.
