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Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
La Toilette de Madame
1775
hard paste porcelain, marble, gilded bronze
(18th and 19th Centuries )
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Louis-Simon Boizet provided the model for this statuette based on a print from Jean-Michel Moreau's series, "Les mœurs françaises." Portrayed is a domestic scene from upper-class life.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1904, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1976 | Maryland Heritage: European Art at the Time of the Revolution. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
France, Sèvres (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 10 3/8 in. (26.3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1904
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.995