A SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUP OF LEDA AND THE SWAN, 'LEDA ET ZEUS EN CYGNE'
A SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUP OF LEDA AND THE SWAN, 'LEDA ET ZEUS EN CYGNE'

CIRCA 1765, THE MODEL OF 1764 BY FALCONET AFTER BOUCHER

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A SEVRES BISCUIT PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUP OF LEDA AND THE SWAN, 'LEDA ET ZEUS EN CYGNE'
CIRCA 1765, THE MODEL OF 1764 BY FALCONET AFTER BOUCHER
Modeled as Leda and her companion sitting by the edge of a pond, the swan resting its chin on Leda's thigh, on an oval base
12 ½ in. (31.7 cm.) high, 12 ¾ in. (32.3 cm.) long
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Armin Allen.
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Geller.

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Victoria Tudor
Victoria Tudor

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For a discussion of this mythological group, first modeled by Falconet after a painting by François Boucher, see M.-N. Pinot de Villechenon, Falconet à Sèvres 1757-1766 ou l'art de plaire, Paris, 2001, pp. 172-3, no. 99.

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