Pedestal for Figure Group of Pygmalion and Galatea
Sèvres Manufactory
(France)
Etienne-Henri Le Guay aîné, père
(French (active at Sèvres 1742–43, 1748–49, 1751–96), 1719–1799)
Etienne-Maurice Falconet
(French (Paris), 1716–1791)
about 1780-85
Medium/TechniqueHard-paste porcelain decorated with enamel and gold
DimensionsOverall: 115.1 x 68.8 x 55.4cm (45 5/16 x 27 1/16 x 21 13/16in.)
Other (figure group): 21.1 x 21.8 x 35.6cm (8 5/16 x 8 9/16 x 14in.)
Other (pedestal): 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.)
Other (figure group): 21.1 x 21.8 x 35.6cm (8 5/16 x 8 9/16 x 14in.)
Other (pedestal): 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.1812
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
Provenance1953, Armand Wittekind, Geneva; January 6, 1953, sold by Wittekind to Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York; January 6, 1953, sold by Rosenberg and Stiebel to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1879 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)
