
Sebastian Kuhn
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The group was modelled by Falconet in 1757, along with a companion piece entitled 'Le Tourniquet' or 'Le Marchand de Plaisirs'. The subject is loosely based on the engraving 'Foire De Campagne', circa 1750, by Charles-Nicolas Cochin (1715-1790), after a now lost painting by François Boucher, 'La Foire de Village' of circa 1737. An example of this engraving is illustrated in 'Falconet à Sèvres ou l'art de plaire', exhibition catalogue (2002) p.57, fig. 11.