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Les Mangeurs de Raisins
The Grape Eaters
Les Mangeurs de Raisins
French
1757–66
Object Place: Europe, Sevres, France
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste biscuit porcelain
Dimensions
Overall: 22.5 x 23.5 x 18.8cm (8 7/8 x 9 1/4 x 7 3/8in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.1870
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionA seated boy with a basket of grapes supported by his right leg and arm offers a bunch of grapes to a girl seated below him with bunches of grapes in her apron. A hat and a dog lie near the boy's feet. The figures are seated on a rock and to their left is a tree stump with grape vines. The composition is derived from a painting by Boucher.
InscriptionsIncised F on back.
ProvenanceUntil 1944, Jules S. Bache (b. 1861 - d. 1944), New York; April 19-21, 1945, Bache estate sale, Kende Galleries, New York, lot 470. 1945, Jacques Helft, New York; December 17, 1945, sold by Jacques Helft to Forsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)