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Source Description
In the mid-18th century, the designs of reputed painter François Boucher were regularly reproduced at the Vincennes factory as figures or paintings on porcelain. A series of eight children designed by Boucher were referred to in factory records as the <em>Enfants de Boucher </em>(children of Boucher) and regularly reproduced. The depictions of these barefoot children in peasant attire engaged in pastoral pursuits represent the virtuous simplicity the 18th-century French elite ascribed to representations of rural life.
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Document identity
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136532
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Figure Pair of the Dancer (La Danseuse) and the Bagpiper (Le Joueur de Musette)
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136532
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object
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Figure Pair of the Dancer (La Danseuse) and the Bagpiper (Le Joueur de Musette)
description
In the mid-18th century, the designs of reputed painter François Boucher were regularly reproduced at the Vincennes factory as figures or paintings on porcelain. A series of eight children designed by Boucher were referred to in factory records as the <em>Enfants de Boucher </em>(children of Boucher) and regularly reproduced. The depictions of these barefoot children in peasant attire engaged in pastoral pursuits represent the virtuous simplicity the 18th-century French elite ascribed to representations of rural life.
date
1748–52
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q60755278
creators
11807
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1888
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Ceramic
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1
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import
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France, Vincennes
accession
1961.1
Source extras
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unglazed soft-paste porcelain (biscuit porcelain)
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Figure Pair of the Dancer (La Danseuse) and the Bagpiper (Le Joueur de Musette), 1748–52. Vincennes Porcelain Factory (France, 1740–56), Pierre Blondeau (French), after a design by François Boucher (French, 1703–1770). Unglazed soft-paste porcelain (biscuit porcelain). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1961.10
collection
Decorative Arts
didYouKnow
Unglazed porcelain figures were a long-lasting alternative to the decorative sugar sculptures displayed alongside intricately designed 18th-century French dinner services.
citations
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
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Reproduced: p. 135
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
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Reproduced: p. 135
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The Norweb Collection
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2026-05-29 06:58:15.925000
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136532
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Decorative Art and Design
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Decorative Arts
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unglazed soft-paste porcelain (biscuit porcelain)
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male
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