Lot Essay
First modelled by Blondeau, after Boucher, in 1752
Cf.Émile Bourgeois, op. cit., fig. 493; Ruth Berges, 'Soft Paste Biscuit Figures from Vincennes and Sèvres', The Connoisseur, November 1967, pl. 1, p. 194. See also Antoinette Faÿ-Hallé and Tamara Préaud, op. cit., p.178, for a discussion of the derivation of the figure from a character in La Vallée de Montmorency
A similar example from the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection was sold in our New York Rooms, 21 March 1991, lot 131
Cf.Émile Bourgeois, op. cit., fig. 493; Ruth Berges, 'Soft Paste Biscuit Figures from Vincennes and Sèvres', The Connoisseur, November 1967, pl. 1, p. 194. See also Antoinette Faÿ-Hallé and Tamara Préaud, op. cit., p.178, for a discussion of the derivation of the figure from a character in La Vallée de Montmorency
A similar example from the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection was sold in our New York Rooms, 21 March 1991, lot 131