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Madame du Barry (1746–1793)

Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory French
Modeler Augustin Pajou French
1772
Not on view
Sèvres employed many of the most famous French sculptors of the day to produce terracotta or plaster models that could be reproduced in biscuit porcelain. Many of these models were reductions of large-scale sculptures, usually in marble, that had met with critical success. In this instance, the sculptor Pajou created an entirely new model rather than copy the lifesize terracotta bust of Madame Du Barry he had executed two years before.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Madame du Barry (1746–1793)
  • Manufactory: Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
  • Modeler: Augustin Pajou (French, Paris 1730–1809 Paris)
  • Date: 1772
  • Culture: French, Sèvres
  • Medium: Bust: soft-paste biscuit porcelain; pedestal: glazed porcelain, enameled and gilt
  • Dimensions: Height: 15 in. (38.1 cm); Height (bust): 10 5/8 in. (27 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: Gift of Ann Payne Blumenthal, 1943
  • Object Number: 43.163.3a, b
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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