Cupid ("L'Amour Falconet")

Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory French
 After a model by Etienne-Maurice Falconet French

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The biscuit figure of Cupid was first produced at Sèvres in 1758, the year after Falconet exhibited his marble version in the Salon. The factory began producing bases for the Cupid in 1761, the same year that Psyche, the mate to Cupid, was introduced. This base is inscribed with a quote from Voltaire that reads (in translation): 'Who'er thou art, thy master see: he is, or was, or ought to be'.

Cupid ("L'Amour Falconet"), Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Figure: soft-paste biscuit porcelain; base: glazed porcelain, enameled and gilt, French, Sèvres

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