Rijksmuseum

Figure group of a shepherd, and shepherdess near a ruin

Date

c. 1764

Medium

porcelain, biscuit (porcelain, material)

Institution

Rijksmuseum

This charming figure group is entirely Rococo in style. It was modelled by Nicolas Gauron, who had trained in Tournai and then worked in Weesp for a few years. Gauron’s modelling must have been a great success: the quality of his works was higher than what had been achieved in Weesp until then. The two figures were later also produced as individual statuettes.

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