The Schoolmistress

Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory French
 After a model by Etienne-Maurice Falconet French
 After a drawing by François Boucher French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 552

Works of art by the French artist François Boucher (1703–1770), who held the prestigious title of first painter to the king, served as a highly popular source of inspiration for artists working in a variety of media in the middle decades of the eighteenth century. Prints made after paintings by Boucher were widely circulated and provided artists with compositions that could be faithfully reproduced in smaller scale or adapted to three-dimensional porcelain sculpture. Works by Boucher served as the source not only for the painted scenes on vases and snuffboxes, but also for the porcelain figures which were listed as "Enfants Boucher" (Boucher Children) in the factory’s sales ledgers.

The Schoolmistress, Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Soft-paste biscuit porcelain, French, Sèvres

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The Schoolmistress, Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Soft-paste biscuit porcelain, French, Sèvres
The Schoolmistress, Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Soft-paste biscuit porcelain, French, Sèvres
The Schoolmistress, Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Soft-paste biscuit porcelain, French, Sèvres
The Schoolmistress, Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Soft-paste biscuit porcelain, French, Sèvres

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