Jean-Baptiste Claude Odio ( June 8, 1763 , Paris - May 23, 1850 , ibid.) - French jeweler, the most famous head of the Odiot jewelry house, founded in 1695 and existing to this day.
| Jean-Baptiste Claude Odio | |
|---|---|
| Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot | |
 A portrait of Odio by Robert Lefebvre . | |
| Date of Birth | June 8, 1763 |
| Place of Birth | Paris |
| Date of death | May 23, 1850 (86 years old) |
| Place of death | Paris |
| A country | |
| Occupation | jeweler |
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Contribution to Art
The jewelry house was founded in 1690 during the reign of King Louis XIV , Jean-Baptiste Gaspard Odio. Jewelry production quickly gained popularity among French aristocrats and courtiers. Already in the XVIII century, works of the jewelry house were delivered not only to the French but also to the Bavarian and Russian courts [2] . Odio's house reached its peak under Jean-Baptiste Claude, grandson of Jean-Baptiste Gaspard.
Jean-Baptiste Claude, court jeweler of Emperor Napoleon I , received many prestigious orders from him, including a scepter and a sword for coronation. Large dinner sets made of silver were ordered to him by Napoleon's mother and sister - Letizia Ramolino and Polina Borghese , as well as the emperor himself.
Odio's works were made in the Empire style , with a wide use of antique and Egyptian motifs . The only surviving work that was done before the French Revolution was commissioned by Thomas Jefferson , an outstanding American politician, and is now stored in his house-museum, in Monticello . One of the outstanding works of the jeweler was the cradle for the newborn heir to the throne - the King of Rome , which was presented to Napoleon as a gift from the city of Paris. Odio performed it together with the master Pierre-Philippe Thomire .
Heirs
The son of Jean-Baptiste, Charles Nicolas Odio (d. 1869) was a court jeweler of the king of France Louis-Philippe . He revived the rococo style in jewelry and excelled at it. In particular, the Russian rich man Pavel Demidov ordered him cutlery in this style, examples of which have been preserved.
His son, Gustav, became famous for making a precious set of 3,000 items for the Egyptian ruler Said Pasha .
Gustav was the last member of the Odio family to own a jewelry house. However, the Odiot jewelry house itself exists to date [3] .
Interesting Facts
- In 1814, Jean-Baptiste Odio was a colonel in the national guard of Paris and participated in the defense of the city from Russian troops. It was he who ordered the artist Horac Verne the famous painting, now located in the Louvre, in which the customer is depicted as giving a report to Marshal Monsey during the defense of the Clichy outpost .
- In the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, in the hall dedicated to silver, the whole stand is occupied by the empire work of the Odio jewelry house.
- The service of Jean-Baptiste Claude Odio, donated by Napoleon to the wife of Marshal Bertier , Princess Maria Elizabeth of Bavaria , is today stored in the Armory of the Moscow Kremlin [4] .
Gallery
Marshal Monsay (on a horse in the center) and Colonel Jean-Baptiste Odio (next to him, in a cocked hat) defend the Paris outpost of Clichy from the Russian troops. Painting by Horace Vernet .
Odio gilded silver tureen, 1819. Indianapolis Museum of Art , USA.
The cradle of the king of Rome .
Jug work Odio. Cleveland Museum of Art .
Notes
- ↑ artist list of the National Museum of Sweden - 2016.
- ↑ Applied art of France of the XVII-XX centuries. M., 1995.S. 69.
- ↑ Website of the jewelry house.
- ↑ Mysteries of the "Egoist" service. The history of the unique exhibit of the Armory