Bust of Molière from Manufacture National de Sèvres
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Bust of Molière from Manufacture National de Sèvres
$12,500List Price
About the Item
Molière, the stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, who died in 1673, was both playwright and actor, and is considered one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature.
The Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres was founded by Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson (better known as the Marquise de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France) in 1740. Widely known as a patron of the arts and literature, this unusually powerful, practical, and accomplished eighteenth century woman also planned the building of the Petit Trianon at Versailles, as well as the nation's respected Ecole Militaire.
Early on, the manufactory began to produce work primarily in biscuit, or white unglazed porcelain, both to distinguish itself from the emerging German manufactories producing glazed polychromatic pieces, as well as to more closely imitate the austere white coldness of the popular carved marbles from which many of the works derived.
- Dimensions:Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:Designed 1781, this piece created in 2000
- Condition:Perfect.
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: U100327889417
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