Sèvres porcelain: Quick Facts

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Figure 126: Sevres vase and cover decorated in reserved panels by Morin, France, 1780. Made for presentation to King Gustav III of Sweden. In the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Height 49.5 cm.

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Alexandre Brongniart, plaster medallion by David d'Angers

Alexandre Brongniart

French geologist

“The Bather,” marble statue by Étienne-Maurice Falconet, 1757; in the Louvre, Paris

Étienne-Maurice Falconet

French sculptor