id: 136555
accession number: 1961.12
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Figure of a Bird Charmer, 1764–1766. Manufactured by Sèvres Porcelain Factory (French, est. 1756), Etienne-Maurice Falconet (French, 1716–1791). Unglazed soft-paste porcelain (biscuit); overall: 12.1 x 8.3 x 5.8 cm (4 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 2 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1961.12
title: Figure of a Bird Charmer
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creation date: 1764–1766
creation date earliest: 1764
creation date latest: 1766
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creditline: The Norweb Collection
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culture: France, Sèvres, 18th century
technique: Unglazed soft-paste porcelain (biscuit)
department: Decorative Art and Design
collection: Decorative Arts
type: Ceramic
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CREATORS
* Sèvres Porcelain Factory (French, est. 1756) - manufacturer
French national ceramic factory.
* Etienne-Maurice Falconet (French, 1716–1791) - model by
French sculptor and author, 1716-1791
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measurements: Overall: 12.1 x 8.3 x 5.8 cm (4 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 2 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review (1961)
opening date: 1961-11-01T05:00:00
Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
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RELATED WORKS
id: 136566
Figure of a Mischief Maker, 1766. Etienne-Maurice Falconet (French, 1716-1791), Sèvres Porcelain Factory (French, est. 1756). Unglazed soft-paste porcelain (biscuit); overall: 11.8 x 6.1 x 7 cm (4 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1961.13
relationship: related series
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CITATIONS
Bourgeois, Émile. Le biscuit de Sèvres au XVIIIe siècle. Paris: Goupil, 1909.
page number: vol. 1, p. 45; vol. 2, p. 11
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Bourgeois, Émile, and Georges Lechevallier-Chevignard. Le biscuit de Sèvres: recueil des modèles de la manufacture de Sèvres au XVIIIe siècle. Paris: P. Lafitte, 1913.
page number: no. 435, pl. 10
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Réau, Louis. Etienne-Maurice Falconet. Paris: Demotte, 1922.
page number: p. 264-65, 513-14
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Les Oeuvres de la manufacture nationale de Sèvres. Vol. 1, La sculpture de 1738 à 1815. Sèvres: Manufacture nationale, 1932.
page number: p. 15, no. 453
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"Year in Review." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art (November 1961).
page number: p. 243, no. 21
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Musée national de céramique. Sèvres, Musée national de céramique: nouvelles acquisitions, 1979-1989. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1989.
page number: p. 171, no. 243
url:
Horvitz Roth, Linda, and Clare Le Corbeiller. French Eighteenth-Century Porcelain at the Wadsworth Atheneum: The J. Pierpont Morgan Collection. Hartford: Wadsworth Atheneum, 2000.
page number: p. 360-61
url:
Falconet à Sèvres, 1757-1766, ou, L'art de plaire. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 2001.
page number: p. 125-30
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.12/1961.12_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.12/1961.12_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.12/1961.12_full.tif