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Lot Essay
Paired with La Batteuse de Beurre, the present figure was first modelled by Suzanne, after Boucher, in 1755.
See Emile Bourgeois, Le Biscuit de Sèvres, 1909, fig. 102; Svend Eriksen, French Porcelain, Copenhagen, 1980, no. 65; and Ruth Berges, Collectors Choice, New York, 1967, pl. 247; also the example from the Sainsbury Collection, sold Sotheby's, London, 5 May 1970, lot 43 and that from the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection, sold Christie's New York, 21 March 1991, lot 114.
See Emile Bourgeois, Le Biscuit de Sèvres, 1909, fig. 102; Svend Eriksen, French Porcelain, Copenhagen, 1980, no. 65; and Ruth Berges, Collectors Choice, New York, 1967, pl. 247; also the example from the Sainsbury Collection, sold Sotheby's, London, 5 May 1970, lot 43 and that from the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection, sold Christie's New York, 21 March 1991, lot 114.