Bowl and Water Pitcher with Putti Playing Music in a Pastoral Setting
1753
soft-paste porcelain, metal hinges
(18th and 19th Centuries )
(18th and 19th Centuries )
The painter André-Vincent Vielliard (active 1752-1790) painted the putti and bird motifs on this white-ground bowl and water pitcher.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France, Vincennes (Place of Origin)
Measurements
48.535: 2 9/16 x 6 5/16 in. (6.5 x 16.1 cm);
48.723: 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
VO.20 (48.535, 48.723)