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Figure of a Monkey on a Dog

c. 1745

manufacturer

Villeroy Factory

manufacturer

Mennecy- Villeroy Factory

(French)

France, Mennecy, 18th century

Soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration

Overall: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.)

Gift of Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc. 1953.269

Location

216A French and German

Artist biography

Mennecy- Villeroy Factory

Duc de Villeroy was the sponsor of this factory. Established c. 1749

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[Incised on back of base, filled with manganese (brown)]: D.V.

Provenance

(Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., New York).

Citations

Honey, William Bowyer. French Porcelain of the 18th Century. London: Faber and Faber, 1950. p. 22

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 140 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 140 archive.org

Jedding, Hermann. Europäisches Porzellan. München: Keysersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1971. p. 258; no. 796

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 182 archive.org

Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum, 1991. p. 112

Dawson, Aileen. "The Development of Repertoire in Mennecy Porcelain Sculpture, circa 1738-65." Metropolitan Museum Journal 37 (2002). p. 203

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