Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory
French, c. 1740–1756
River God
c. 1750
A river god reclines on the back of a dolphin with one arm around its tail and a paddle in his other hand. The flowers at the god’s feet are practical as well as decorative—they cover splits in the porcelain that appeared during the drying process. The figure was probably modeled by Louis-Antoine Fournier for the Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory, which eventually became the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, still in operation today.
| Medium | soft-paste porcelain |
| Dimensions | 11 1/8 x 10 1/8 x 8 3/4 in. (28.3 x 25.7 x 22.2 cm) |
| Object Number | 1972.13 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by the Clark, 1972 |
| Status | On View |
Image Caption
Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory, River God, c. 1750, soft-paste porcelain. Clark Art Institute, Acquired by the Clark, 1972.13
Select Bibliography
Lovett, Jennifer Gordon. A Glimpse of Rococo France: The Amorous Proposal by François Le Moyne. Exhibition brochure. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1987.
Kern, Steven, et al. The Clark: Selections from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1996.
Wees, Beth Carver. "Continental and English Porcelain in the Clark Collection." The Magazine Antiques 62, no. 4 (October 1997): 516–21.
