A PAIR OF VINCENNES FIGURES LA PETITE FILLE AU TABLIER AND LE JEUNE SUPPLIANT

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A PAIR OF VINCENNES FIGURES LA PETITE FILLE AU TABLIER AND LE JEUNE SUPPLIANT
CIRCA 1753, HE WITH INCISED ARROW MARK

Standing holding grapes and apples in her apron, her head tied with a scarf, beside a treestump, her companion bending towards her, his hands clasped, a basket of flowers on rockwork at his side (some losses to fruit and flowers)--8¾in. (22cm.) and 8¼in. (21cm.) high, respectively (2)

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Detroit Institute of Arts, 1956, nos. 403-404

Lot Essay

First modelled in 1752 by Blondeau after Boucher, the original drawing by Boucher for Le jeune suppliant is still at Sèvres and inscribed on the reverse "dessein de m. Boucher apartenant à la Manufacture de Vincennes, ce 23 aoust 1749".
Both these models were evidently produced in various sizes. The examples in the Wrightsman collection, Dauterman no. 114 a & b are 4¼ and 3½in. high. Préaud and Fäy-Hallé discuss both these models at length, figs. 491 & 512.