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Figure Group of Pygmalion and Galatea

(French (Paris), 1716–1791)
1770–73
Medium/TechniqueHard-paste biscuit porcelain
DimensionsOverall: 115.1 x 68.8 x 55.4 cm (45 5/16 x 27 1/16 x 21 13/16 in.)
Other (figure group): 21.1 x 21.8 x 35.6 cm (8 5/16 x 8 9/16 x 14 in.)
Overall (pedestal): 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.1813
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
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)
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1806
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1776
President Mole
Sèvres Manufactory
about 1790
Group shot: 1983.43-4
Sèvres Manufactory
about 1760
Group shot: 1983.43-4
Sèvres Manufactory
about 1760
The Grape Eaters
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1757–66
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dated 1788
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dated 1850
Sundial
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1794–95
Ewer and basin
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dated 1779
Group shot: 1982.212-3
Sèvres Manufactory
1782