id:			136566
accession number:	1961.13
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.13
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:49.278000

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

title:				Figure of a Mischief Maker
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creation date:			1766
creation date earliest:		1766
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

* Etienne-Maurice Falconet (French, 1716–1791)  - model by
French sculptor and author, 1716-1791
* Sèvres Porcelain Factory (French, est. 1756)  - manufacturer
French national ceramic factory.
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measurements: Overall: 11.8 x 6.1 x 7 cm (4 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1961)
	opening date:   1961-11-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1961)</i>. 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: 		136555
	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
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CITATIONS

	Bourgeois, Émile. <em>Le biscuit de Sèvres au XVIIIe siècle</em>. Paris: Goupil, 1909.
	page number: 	vol. 1, p. 45; vol. 2, p. 11
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	Bourgeois, Émile, and Georges Lechevallier-Chevignard. <em>Le biscuit de Sèvres: recueil des modèles de la manufacture de Sèvres au XVIIIe siècle</em>. Paris: P. Lafitte, 1913.
	page number: 	no. 435, pl. 10
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	Réau, Louis. <em>Etienne-Maurice Falconet</em>. Paris: Demotte, 1922.
	page number: 	p. 264-65, 513-14
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	<em>Les Oeuvres de la manufacture nationale de Sèvres</em>. Vol. 1, <em>La sculpture de 1738 à 1815</em>. Sèvres: Manufacture nationale, 1932.
	page number: 	p. 15, no. 453
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	"Year in Review." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> (November 1961).
	page number: 	p. 243, no. 21
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	Musée national de céramique. <em>Sèvres, Musée national de céramique: nouvelles acquisitions, 1979-1989</em>. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1989.
	page number: 	p. 171, no. 243
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	Horvitz Roth, Linda, and Clare Le Corbeiller. <em>French Eighteenth-Century Porcelain at the Wadsworth Atheneum: The J. Pierpont Morgan Collection</em>. Hartford: Wadsworth Atheneum, 2000.
	page number: 	p. 360-61
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	<em>Falconet à Sèvres, 1757-1766, ou, L'art de plaire</em>. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 2001.
	page number: 	p. 125-30
	url:		

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IMAGES

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