Psyche
Figure
1773-1780 (made)
1773-1780 (made)
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Base inscribed: 'Sans toi tout homme est seul'
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Apparently hard-paste porcelain on a porcelain stand painted in enamel colours |
| Brief description | Porcelain figure of Psyche, modelled by Étienne-Maurice Falconet, made by Sèvres porcelain factory, France, 1773-1780 |
| Physical description | Base inscribed: 'Sans toi tout homme est seul' |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Arthur Russell Johnson |
| Object history | Apparently hard-paste porcelain (suggesting that it was a replacement, or that the pair was made up from stock) on a porcelain stand painted in enamel colours |
| Production | Modelled as the pair to L'Amour menaçant. Unlike the latter, this figure was not based on a marble sculptuer, although a plaster model of this subject was exhibited at the Salon in 1761. See Falconet a Sevres exhibition catalogue, Musee de Sevres, 2001, cat 92A, where the example exhibited is dated 1757-1766. |
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| Accession number | C.125B&C-1965 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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