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Art Object

Amintas freeing Sylvia

Höchst Manufactory 

Modeler:
Johann Peter Melchior (1742/47–1825, active at Höchst 1767–79)
Artist:
After a print by René Gaillard (French, ca. 1719–1790 Paris)
Artist:
After a painting by François Boucher (French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris)
Date:
ca. 1770
Culture:
German (Höchst)
Medium:
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall, without base (confirmed): 10 5/16 x 14 1/4 x 7 in. (26.2 x 36.2 x 17.8 cm)
Classification:
Ceramics
Credit Line:
Gift of Jacques Seligmann, 1905
Accession Number:
06.1333a, b
120003584

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