Lot Essay
First modelled by Falconet, after Boucher, in 1756
Cf. Émile Bourgeois, op. cit., figs. 360 and 403; Marcelle Brunet and Tamara Préaud, Sèvres, Des Origines À Nos Jours, fig. 311, for the model of the magic lantern; Ruth Berges, op. cit., The Connoisseur, November 1967, pl. 7, p. 198; and Collector's Choice, by the same author, New York, 1967, pl. 253
For the derivations of the models from Boucher but based on engravings by Nicolas Cochin, see Pierrett Jean-Richard, Boucher, 1978, fig. 519
A similar pair of figures from the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection was sold in our New York Rooms, 21 March 1991, lot 125
Cf. Émile Bourgeois, op. cit., figs. 360 and 403; Marcelle Brunet and Tamara Préaud, Sèvres, Des Origines À Nos Jours, fig. 311, for the model of the magic lantern; Ruth Berges, op. cit., The Connoisseur, November 1967, pl. 7, p. 198; and Collector's Choice, by the same author, New York, 1967, pl. 253
For the derivations of the models from Boucher but based on engravings by Nicolas Cochin, see Pierrett Jean-Richard, Boucher, 1978, fig. 519
A similar pair of figures from the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection was sold in our New York Rooms, 21 March 1991, lot 125