# Commode with Five Porcelain Plaques

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CARLIN, Martin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/carlin-martin-r466e1d2d434716>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Wood with soft-paste porcelain plaques

## Commentary

Five porcelain plaques or large-format &#34;pictures&#34; ornament this chest of drawers delivered to Mme du Barry in 1772. The three plaques on the front, anonymous, feature gallant subjects, painted after prints based on paintings by Jean-Baptiste Pater and Nicolas Lancret. On the other hand, the two plaques mounted on the sides of the commode, painted by Charles-Nicolas Dodin, present two allegorical subjects painted after Carle Vanloo.

## Related artworks

- [Combination table](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/carlin-martin-r466e1d2d434716/combination-table-r3412fcabab92dc>)
- [Combined work, writing and reading table](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/carlin-martin-r466e1d2d434716/combined-work-writing-and-reading-table-r5695404d5e479c>)
- [Small writing desk \(bonheur-du-jour\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/carlin-martin-r466e1d2d434716/small-writing-desk-bonheur-du-jour-rd3a4ac51601dcd>)
- [Writing Table \(bureau plat\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/carlin-martin-r466e1d2d434716/writing-table-bureau-plat-r5187820ac98b99>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)