Young boy
ca. 1746
The fashion for decorating the center of grand dining tables with porcelain figures in architectural or garden environments spread throughout Europe. Porcelain sculpture on the table was a modern substitute for table figures that had previously been produced in sugar paste, and occasionally in wax. Porcelain offered a precious and more durable solution.
Soft paste porcelain
5 1/2 x 2 3/16 in. (14 x 5.5 cm)
.b L.: 10 cm
Gift of Martha and Henry Isaacson
76.241.2
Provenance: Collection of Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson, unknown purchase date until 1976; gift from Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson to Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1976