L'Amour menaçant
Figure
1758-1766 (made)
1758-1766 (made)
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Base inscribed with quotation from Voltaire: 'Qui que tu sois, voici ton maitre/Il l'est, le fût, ou le doit être'
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste biscuit porcelain on porcelain stand painted in enamel colours |
| Brief description | Porcelain figure of cupid with a porcelain stand painted in enamel colours, made by Sèvres porcelain factory, France, 1758-1766 |
| Physical description | Base inscribed with quotation from Voltaire: 'Qui que tu sois, voici ton maitre/Il l'est, le fût, ou le doit être' |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Arthur Russell Johnson |
| Production | Modelled 1758 and on sale by December of that year. The figure is based on Falconet's sculpture of this subject in marble, exhibited at the Salon in 1757, the plaster model for which was exhibited in 1755. See Falconet a Sevres exhibition catalogue, Musee de Sevres, 2001, cat 91A, where the example exhibited is dated 1757-1766. |
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| Accession number | C.125&A-1965 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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