Details
Modelled by P. Reinicke after an engraving of a drawing by François Boucher, the figures holding a closed book
712 in. (19 cm.) high
Literature
Melitta Kunze-Köllensperger, Collection Franz E. Burda, Meissen, Augsburg, 1997, p.109, fig.34.
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The model is based on an engraving by Gabriel Huquier, after a work by Boucher. For other examples of this group see Dr. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th Century, London, 1972, pp. 116-117.

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