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Source Description
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 1750.
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Document identity
localId
77480
label
Statuettes of Venus and Mercury
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.30 (48.977, 48.978)
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
77480
sourceUrl
https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.30 (48.977, 48.978)
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Statuettes of Venus and Mercury
description
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 1750.
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.
date
ca. 1770
citationUrl
https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.30 (48.977, 48.978)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
statuettes (statues)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
48.977: 9 3/16 in. (23.3 cm);48.978: 9 7/16 in. (24 cm)
Source extras
med
soft-paste porcelain
creator_ids
1916
4407
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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