A PAIR OF SÈVRES GROUPS LA MAITRESSE D'ÉCOLE AND LE MAITRE D'ÉCOLE

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A PAIR OF SÈVRES GROUPS LA MAITRESSE D'ÉCOLE AND LE MAITRE D'ÉCOLE
LATE 18TH CENTURY, BOTH INCISED F

The first with a seated lady disciplining a child with a switch, another appealing at her side; the second with a schoolmaster about to beat a girl, another standing reading behind (restoation to tip of man's toe and child's left leg and skirt)--about 8½in. (21.5cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

First modelled by Falconet in 1762 after Boucher. The Maitresse is an adaptation of an engraving of the same title by J-B Le Prince, see Pierette Jean-Richard, op. cit, fig. 1383.

The C.L. David Foundation is illustrated by S. Eriksen, David Collections, no. 68

The pair sold originally for 144 livres.