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The Lottery

Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory French
Modeler After a model by Etienne-Maurice Falconet French
Designer Based on a design by François Boucher French
ca. 1757
Not on view
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Lottery
  • Manufactory: Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
  • Modeler: After a model by Etienne-Maurice Falconet (French, Paris 1716–1791 Paris)
  • Designer: Based on a design by François Boucher (French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1757
  • Culture: French, Sèvres
  • Medium: Soft-paste biscuit porcelain
  • Dimensions: confirmed: 5 15/16 × 7 1/8 × 5 1/8 in. (15.1 × 18.1 × 13 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Ella Morris de Peyster, 1957
  • Object Number: 58.60.11
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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