The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 14, 2025
Figure Pair of the Dancer (La Danseuse) and the Bagpiper (Le Joueur de Musette)
1748–52
manufacturer
(France, 1740–56)
modeled by
(French)
after a design by François Boucher
The Norweb Collection 1961.10
Location: 216A French and German
Did You Know?
Unglazed porcelain figures were a long-lasting alternative to the decorative sugar sculptures displayed alongside intricately designed 18th-century French dinner services.Description
In the mid-18th century, the designs of reputed painter François Boucher were regularly reproduced at the Vincennes factory as figures or paintings on porcelain. A series of eight children designed by Boucher were referred to in factory records as the Enfants de Boucher (children of Boucher) and regularly reproduced. The depictions of these barefoot children in peasant attire engaged in pastoral pursuits represent the virtuous simplicity the 18th-century French elite ascribed to representations of rural life.- R. Henry Norweb, Cleveland, Ohio.
- The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 135 archive.orgThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 135 archive.org
- Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1961.10