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Image Not Available for Standing Figure of Louis XV
Standing Figure of Louis XV
Image Not Available for Standing Figure of Louis XV

Standing Figure of Louis XV

Niderviller Manufactory (France)
about 1760–74
Medium/TechniqueTin-glazed earthenware (faience) decorated in polychrome enamels and gold
DimensionsOverall: 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2015
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceProbably purchased in Paris by Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI [see note]; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)

NOTE: An old photograph of the object by Marc Vaux (1895-1971) in the curatorial file indicates that the figure was once in Paris, where Forsyth Wickes made a number of acquisitions.
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