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Figure Group of the Festival at the Chateau (La fête au château) or the Model Fidelity (La fidélité modèle)

1766
(French, est. 1756)
(French, 1716–1791)

after a design by François Boucher

(French, 1703–1770)
France, Sèvres, 18th century
unglazed soft-paste porcelain (biscuit)
Overall: 21 x 16.5 x 15.9 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.)
The Norweb Collection 1966.234
Location: 216A French and German
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The introduction of Sèvres porcelain figures modeled after the Opéra-Comique’s theatrical productions may have resulted from the friendship between François Boucher, designer of many early Sèvres porcelain figures, and Charles-Siméon Favart, director of the theater in 1758.

Description

Recognizable porcelain figures and figure groups modeled after contemporary theatrical works produced by the Parisian company Opéra-Comique were produced at the Vincennes factory as early as 1752. This group illustrates a scene from a play credited to Charles-Siméon Favart, Fête au Château (Festival at the Castle), when the gardener Jacquot and his love Colette reunite.
Figure Group of the Festival at the Chateau (La fête au château) or the Model Fidelity (La fidélité modèle)

Figure Group of the Festival at the Chateau (La fête au château) or the Model Fidelity (La fidélité modèle)

1766

Sèvres Porcelain Factory, Etienne-Maurice Falconet, François Boucher

(French, est. 1756), (French, 1716–1791), (French, 1703–1770)
France, Sèvres, 18th century

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