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Source Description
This statuary group was modeled after the design by Falconet. The scene is from the comic opera by Favart and Duni. A seated woman leans away from the kiss of a man. He is dressed in armour and is bending down reaching for her face with lips pursed. There are upturned baskets of flowers at their feet.
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Document identity
localId
39496
label
Urgèle the Fairy (La Fée Urgèle)
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obj
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object
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2
Source metadata
id
39496
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Urgèle the Fairy (La Fée Urgèle)
description
This statuary group was modeled after the design by Falconet. The scene is from the comic opera by Favart and Duni. A seated woman leans away from the kiss of a man. He is dressed in armour and is bending down reaching for her face with lips pursed. There are upturned baskets of flowers at their feet.
provenance
Edmond F. Bonaventure [dealer], New York, by 1911 [mode of acquisition unknown]; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911; by bequest to Walters Art Musuem, 1931.
date
1767
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
statuary groups
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2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 15/16 in. (20.2 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Mark] Impressed letter: B; [Label] On bottom: Fête at the Chateau
Serves biscuit
by L. Bachelier
med
porcelain biscuit
creator_ids
6229
1916
2994
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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0cbe1dce2646d958
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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bf530f6166aeb9b7
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no
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no