Figure of a Mischief Maker

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Figure of a Mischief Maker

Etienne-Maurice FalconetLinkedCulture matchlcp-fcd1fde01c8a

Date
1766
Medium
Unglazed soft-paste porcelain (biscuit)
Culture
France, Sèvres
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
136566

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Over a period of three years, designs for 17 young children involved in various activities were issued by sculptor Étienne-Maurice Falconet after which they were regularly reproduced as porcelain figurines. This figure, who pulls back a slingshot, would have been modeled after one of these designs. Decorative figurines like these were often included in elaborate dining services to be placed about a table along with the usual tureens and tableware. Thirty-one figures modeled after Falconet’s series were included in the dinner service given by French King Louis XV to Christian VII, King of Denmark, in 1768.

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The Norweb Collection

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