Statuettes of Venus and Mercury

ca. 1770 48.977: 9 3/16 in. (23.3 cm);48.978: 9 7/16 in. (24 cm) Citation Source image

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...

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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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