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Beauty Crowned by the Graces

Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory French
After a 1775 model by Louis Simon Boizot French

after 1775

Not on view

Biscuit-porcelain figure groups typically decorated the dessert table, often arranged on a mirrored centerpiece. Louis XVI gave this mythological group to Gustav III in 1784, together with other figures of celebrated men and busts of the king and queen.

Beauty Crowned by the Graces, Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present), Biscuit porcelain , French — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Beauty Crowned by the Graces

Manufactory: Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)

Artist: After a 1775 model by Louis Simon Boizot (French, Paris 1743–1809 Paris)

Date: after 1775

Culture: French

Medium: Biscuit porcelain

Dimensions: 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm)

Classification: Ceramics

Credit Line: Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Bequest 1873 from King Karl XV (NMK CXV 459)

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