A VINCENNES FIGURE OF 'LE PORTEUR D'OISEAUX'

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A VINCENNES FIGURE OF 'LE PORTEUR D'OISEAUX'
Circa 1753

Modelled standing with his arms outstretched, a bird in each hand, before a pannier overflowing with grapes leaning on a rocky outcrop (birds, hands and arms restored, other minor restorations, and slight damages), incised 'mallet' mark
8in. (20.2cm.) high

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First modelled by Blondeau, after Boucher, in 1753

Cf. Émile Bourgeois, op. cit., fig. 511; and Antoinette Faÿ-Hallé and Tamara Préaud, op. cit., fig. 514, p. 181, where it is noted that this figure served as a pendant to 'La Petite Fille à La Cage', and where its close relation to another figure known as the Floriste is discussed