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The Music Lesson
Made at: Chelsea Manufactory (England, active 1745–1784)
Modeled by: Joseph Willems (Belgian, 1710–1766)
Based on: François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)
Modeled by: Joseph Willems (Belgian, 1710–1766)
Based on: François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)
English
about 1765
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels and gilding
Dimensions
38.73 x 27.94 cm (15 1/4 x 11 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George Washington Wales
Accession Number95.492
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionShepherd boy teaching shepherdess to play flute. Figures seated on mound backed by flowering hawthorn. Boy in green hat, richly patterned coat and breeches, orange shoes; dog at his side. Girl in green bodice, flowered skirt and petticoat, green shoes; lamb in lap. Left hand thru handle of basket of flowers holds ribbon around neck of one of two lambs at her feet. Gilt rococo-scrolled base decorated with applied flowers and foliage.
Marks. Modelling attributed to Joseph Willems with alterations after an engraving by R. Gaillard of a painting by Francois Boucher entitled "L'Agreable Lecon."
Marks. Modelling attributed to Joseph Willems with alterations after an engraving by R. Gaillard of a painting by Francois Boucher entitled "L'Agreable Lecon."
Marks
Marks: gold anchor & R incised
ProvenanceMr. George Washington Wales; 1895, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George Washington Wales to the MFA.