Meissen
(Germany 1710– )
The delights of childhood (Les delices d'enfance), model
- Location
- 15th–19th c European art
- Further information
The group is based on a print of 1742 entitled ‘Les délices de l’enfance’ by J-J Balechou after François Boucher. A Chinese lady holds in her right hand a large kettle while with her left she pours a beverage into a cup held up by a Chinese boy. The print is one of a series which also provided further models for Meissen chinoiserie groups. The attribution of the model is uncertain, but it seems most probably to be by Reinicke.
- Year
- circa 1750
- Media
- Ceramic
- Medium
- hard-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
- 15.5 x 10.5 x 7.0 cm
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2012.69
