ID: 700007852 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007852	Record Type: Movable Work
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"La Machine d'Argent" or Centerpiece for a Table (surtout de table) (sculpture (visual works); François-Thomas Germain (French, 1726 - 1791) (French Art...; 1754; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2005.43;)

Note: This sculpture in silver represents a still life of game birds, a rabbit, and vegetables. It is a three-dimensional work in the genre celebrating the trophies of the hunt, as was more typically portrayed in paintings by such artists as Alexandre François Desportes (1661-1743) and Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686-1755). The subject also alludes to the ingredients of the rich stew (called oille-en-pôt) that was traditionally made from the game so, in addition to birds and the rabbit, there are also root vegetables and a variety of mushrooms. The rectangular footed base, suggestive of the earthen floor of a wood or glade, supports a composition of two birds, a long beaked snipe and an ortolan, a rabbit, a small cauliflower on its leafy stalk, an onion, a turnip, a gherkin, a truffle, a morel, a mushroom, and parsley.

Titles:

"La Machine d'Argent" or Centerpiece for a Table (surtout de table) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Machine d'Argent (Silver Centerpiece) (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

sculpture (visual works) [300047090] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

decorative arts (preferred)

Creation Date: 1754

Creator Display:

François-Thomas Germain (French, 1726 - 1791) (French Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

Germain, François-Thomas (French goldsmith and silversmith, 1726-1791) [500019020]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2005.43

Other: Creation: Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Silver

	silver (metal) [300011029]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <silver| silver compounds| alloys>)

Dimensions: Object: H: 21 x W: 36.8 x D: 23.2 cm (8 1/4 in. x 1 ft. 2 1/2 in. x 9 1/8 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

animals (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	still life [300015638]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

	rabbit [300250218]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Lagomorpha (order), Leporidae (family)) (AAT)

	Emberiza hortulana (species) [300386117]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Aves (class), Passeriformes (order), Emberizidae (family), Emberiza (genus)) (AAT)

	vegetables [300380162]
	.....(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, food) (AAT)

	snipes [300386116]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Aves (class), Charadriiformes (order), Scolopacidae (family)) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscribed underneath: F.T. GERMAIN. SCULPTEUR ORFEVRE DU ROY FECIT. 1754 A PARIS (F.T. GERMAIN. SCULPTOR SILVERSMITH TO THE KING MADE. 1754 IN PARIS)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
"La Machine d'Argent" or Centerpiece for a Table (surtout de table)	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Machine d'Argent (Silver Centerpiece)	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)