Lot Essay
Cf. Emile Bourgeois, Le Biscuit de Sèvres au XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1909, tome II, p.10
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Property from an Estate
A SEVRES BISCUIT FIGURE GROUP OF 'LE BAISER DONNE'
CIRCA 1765, INCISED F FOR ETIENNE-MAURICE FALCONET TO THE BACK MODELLED BY FALCONET AFTER BOUCHER, A SHEPHERD AND SHEPHERDESS SEATED ON A GRASSY MOUND AND EMBRACING, HER BODICE UNLACED, HER HAT ON THE GROUND BEHIND HER LOVER
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A SEVRES BISCUIT FIGURE GROUP OF 'LE BAISER DONNE'
Circa 1765, incised F for Etienne-Maurice Falconet to the back
Modelled by Falconet after Boucher, a shepherd and shepherdess seated on a grassy mound and embracing, her bodice unlaced, her hat on the ground behind her lover
Modelled by Falconet after Boucher, a shepherd and shepherdess seated on a grassy mound and embracing, her bodice unlaced, her hat on the ground behind her lover
8 inches (20.3cm.) high
Circa 1765, incised F for Etienne-Maurice Falconet to the back
Modelled by Falconet after Boucher, a shepherd and shepherdess seated on a grassy mound and embracing, her bodice unlaced, her hat on the ground behind her lover
Modelled by Falconet after Boucher, a shepherd and shepherdess seated on a grassy mound and embracing, her bodice unlaced, her hat on the ground behind her lover
8 inches (20.3cm.) high
Provenance
With The Art Exchange, New York