Charming little group, bronze, cast in 3 parts, chiseled, with dark patina, probably taken from a Falconet mold, after Boucher, published by the Sèvres factory circa 1760, from white biscuit, (one represented in 2nd photo )….
This bronze sculpture is heavy, (2.7kg) of good quality, patina is a little dark. Below: numbers: 1903, mold number or date of casting.
Good condition, one screw to tighten inside. Pretty stylish bronze, work late 19th century or 1900.
Documentation: on the subject represented:
According to the First Book of Figures after porcelains of the Royal Manufacture of France, invented in 1757, François Boucher (Paris 1703-1770 ) Pierre Etienne Falconet (Paris 1741-1791 Paris). Under direction of Falconet, Director of sculpture workshops atroyal porcelain factory of Sèvres between July 1757 and September 1766, who actively participated in the success of the “Sèvres biscuit”, he produced more than 70 different types of figures there, where he popularized his feminine and childish canon.
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