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Sculpture
The Teaching of Love
Etienne-Maurice Falconet, 1716 - 1791
Falconet, Etienne-Maurice
France
1716 - 1791
Male
12 1/2 x 9 3/8 x 10 in. (31.8 x 23.8 x 25.4 cm)
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Porcelain
Porcelain
after 1763
1764
1773
1600-1800, 18th century, Cupid, sculpture
Sculpture
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]
1955.108
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Memorial Art Gallery
1/25/2001
55.108SL1
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