Lot 144
AFTER JEAN-LOUIS HAMON (1821-1874)
'AURORA', FRAMED TILE PLAQUE, 1885
Auction: The Art of the Tile : The Michael Blood Collection | Wed 15th October from 10am
Description
painted and glazed earthenware, painted verso AURORA/ W.W./ 1885
Dimensions
plaque 28cm x 19cm (frame size 37cm x 27.5cm)
Provenance
The Michael Blood Collection, see lot 1 for more details
Footnote
Jean-Louis Hamon used a 500-franc bequest to devote himself to art. In 1842 he entered the École des Beaux-Arts under Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. From 1848 to 1853 he designed for the Sèvres porcelain factory. He began exhibiting at the Paris Salon in 1847 and received several awards, including a silver medal at the 1867 Exposition Universelle. In 1855 he became a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur. His genre paintings, often reproduced as prints, reached a wide audience. His work Aurora, depicting the Roman goddess of dawn, is held with other paintings by Hamon in the Louvre and regional French museums.