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The Teaching of Love
after 176312 1/2 x 9 3/8 x 10 in. (31.8 x 23.8 x 25.4 cm)
Etienne-Maurice Falconet
France (1716 - 1791)
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Soft paste porcelain
Credit Line:
Bertha Buswell Bequest
Accession Number:
1955.108
Location: Currently on view
Collection:
Buswell-Hochstetter Collection
Falconet, a leading sculptor of the reign of Louis XV, was a director of the royal ceramic works at Sèvres. His main production was the biscuit statuette, which substitutes "soft paste" for the kaolin clay of "true" porcelain. Falconet took advantage of the milky, marble-like surface to create engaging figural groups of pure form and refined rococo detail.
"The Teaching of Love" may be derived from a composition by François Boucher. Falconet has transformed the painter's design into a complex three-dimensional ensemble of delicate beauty that invites the viewer to enjoy it from multiple angles.
[Gallery label text, 2008]
"The Teaching of Love" may be derived from a composition by François Boucher. Falconet has transformed the painter's design into a complex three-dimensional ensemble of delicate beauty that invites the viewer to enjoy it from multiple angles.
[Gallery label text, 2008]
Provenance
Bertha Hochstetter (Mrs. Henry) Buswell, Buffalo, NY; her bequest to the Gallery, 1941; lifetime interest held by her brother, Ralph Hochstetter, Buffalo, NY, until his death in 1955, when it passed to the Gallery
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- The Buswell-Hochstetter Collections 11/11/1955 - 11/28/1955
- Collection Cameos 6/24/1991 - 9/8/1991
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Title: The November Exhibitions: The Buswell-Hochstetter Collections. Article Scope: Article. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 21, Issue Number: 2. Issue Date: November-December, 1955.
- Rochester Review. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press
- Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
- Article Author: MacKnight, Vicki. Article Title: Untitled Poem. Article Scope: Poetry. Community Voices in the Gallery: a Collection of Writings by Members of our Community Inspired by Works of Art at the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2009. Page Number: 36
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