
Sophie von der Goltz
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Provenance:
With William H. Lautz, New York;
Private collection, Seattle, acquired from the above in 1965
The model is after an engraving by Gilles Demarteau after the work 'Paysanne assise dans un paysage et enfant dormant' by François Boucher.
Other examples are in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the British Museum, London, and the Musée national de Céramique, Sèvres, illustrated in 'Falconet à Sèvres ou l'art de plaire', exhibition catalogue (2002), no. 66.