The repentant Magdalene with an angel
Figure Group
1766-1773 (made)
1766-1773 (made)
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Porcelain figure group of the repentant Magdalene with an angel, Sèvres porcelain factory, modelled by Étienne-Maurice Falconet, 1766-1773
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste biscuit porcelain |
| Brief description | Porcelain figure group of the repentant Magdalene with an angel, Sèvres porcelain factory, modelled by Étienne-Maurice Falconet, 1766-1773 |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'B' (incised) indicating the period (1766-73) when Bachelier was Chef de l'atelier at Sèvres |
| Credit line | Given by W. J. Sainsbury |
| Production | See Falconet a Sevres exhibition catalogue, Musee de Sevres, 2001, cat 104, for details of payments in 1765 to Leclerc for work on the group, for records of sales in 1765-86, and the original terracotta and plaster models. |
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| Accession number | C.110-1972 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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