Lot Essay
The female figure was first modelled by Suzanne after a painting by Boucher, Ananoff, Boucher Peintures, 1976, vol. II, no. 414, pp.103. Two examples appear in the inventory of January 1, 1756 at 30 livres each.
The dating of the male figure is somewhat vexed because although Bourgeois lists it under the figures of 1755, no example appears at Sèvres before the inventory of January 1, 1763. See Préaud and Fäy-Hallé pp. 182. But it was quite obviously conceived to go with the girl.
The dating of the male figure is somewhat vexed because although Bourgeois lists it under the figures of 1755, no example appears at Sèvres before the inventory of January 1, 1763. See Préaud and Fäy-Hallé pp. 182. But it was quite obviously conceived to go with the girl.