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Figure Group of the Festival at the Chateau (La fête au château) or the Model Fidelity (La fidélité modèle)
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Recognizable porcelain figures and figure groups modeled after contemporary theatrical works produced by the Parisian company Opéra-Comique were produced at the Vincennes factory as early as 1752. This group illustrates a scene from a play credited to Charles-Siméon Favart, Fête au Château (Festival at the Castle), when the gardener Jacquot and his love Colette reunite.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFigure Group of the Festival at the Chateau (La fête au château) or the Model Fidelity (La fidélité modèle), 1766. Sèvres Porcelain Factory (French, est. 1756), Etienne-Maurice Falconet (French, 1716–1791), after a design by François Boucher (French, 1703–1770). Unglazed soft-paste porcelain (biscuit); overall: 21 x 16.5 x 15.9 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1966.234
