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Hunchback

Factory Mennecy
After an engraving by Jacques Callot French
ca. 1750
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 543

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Hunchback
  • Factory: Mennecy
  • Artist: After an engraving by Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592–1635 Nancy)
  • Date: ca. 1750
  • Culture: French, Mennecy
  • Medium: Soft-paste porcelain
  • Dimensions: Height: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
  • Object Number: 1982.60.266
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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