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Made by: Dihl et Guérhard Manufactory (France, working 1781–1828)
After: Charles-Gabriel Sauvage Lemire (1742–1827)
After: Charles-Gabriel Sauvage Lemire (1742–1827)
French (Paris)
about 1795
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste biscuit porcelain
Dimensions
Overall: 41.9 x 18.8 x 21.4 cm (16 1/2 x 7 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2097
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CollectionsEurope
DescriptionNude boy seated on draped block, left hand holding drawing slab on raised left knee, with heel resting on portfolio, right hand holding crayon in process of drawing. Square fluted bases with rosetted corners. Part of toe damaged, on right foot; 12 chips on lower base section.
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)