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Urgèle the Fairy (La Fée Urgèle)

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French, active 1756 - present) (Manufacturer)
Etienne-Maurice Falconet (French, 1716-1791) (Designer)
French (Artist)
1767
porcelain biscuit

This statuary group was modeled after the design by Falconet. The scene is from the comic opera by Favart and Duni. A seated woman leans away from the kiss of a man. He is dressed in armour and is bending down reaching for her face with lips pursed. There are upturned baskets of flowers at their feet.

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[Mark] Impressed letter: B; [Label] On bottom: Fête at the Chateau, Serves biscuit, by L. Bachelier

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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.

Edmond F. Bonaventure [dealer], New York, by 1911 [mode of acquisition unknown]; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911; by bequest to Walters Art Musuem, 1931.

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France, Sèvres (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 7 15/16 in. (20.2 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1911

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.

48.972

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600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

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410-547-9000

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