Statuettes of Venus and Mercury
Around 1751, Vincennes-Sèvres began to manufacture unglazed porcelain (or "biscuit") figurines. These biscuit figurines were based on Jean-Baptiste Pigalle's marble statues of Venus and Mercury. The marble statues were presented by Pigalle to Frederick II, King of Prussia, in...
Artifact
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id
77480
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contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
48.977: E. F. Bonaventure [dealer], New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase [for receipt see WAM Archives, Vertical File, Chronologic: 1909]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.48.978: E. F. Bonaventure, New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_48.977-978_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_48.977-978_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_48.977-978_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.30 (48.977, 48.978) |
Terms
Medium
soft-paste porcelain
Genre
statuettes (statues)
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