Psyche ("La Nymphe Falconet")

Modeler After a model by Etienne-Maurice Falconet French

1766–73

Not on view

Falconet showed a plaster version of the figure as a pendant to his L'Amour Menaçant (see 45.60.1a, b) of the Salon of 1761 and seems to have made the model for the porcelain in the same year.

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Title: Psyche ("La Nymphe Falconet")
Manufactory: Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
Modeler: After a model by Etienne-Maurice Falconet (French, Paris 1716–1791 Paris)
Date: 1766–73
Culture: French, Sèvres
Medium: Figure: soft-paste biscuit porcelain; base: glazed porcelain, enameled and gilt
Dimensions: Height (with base): 12 in. (30.5 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1945
Object Number: 45.60.2a, b
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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