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| Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory Lady at Dressing Table 1775 Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory Triumph of Bacchus 1772-73 Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
At the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg today there are thousands of pieces of porcelain manufactured in 18th-century France by Sèvres. Catherine the Great was an enthusiastic collector. Her various table services were frequently accompanied by "centerpieces" consisting of figure-groups like the ones reproduced here.
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| Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory Reward of Virtue 1776 Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory Odysseus recognizes Achilles among the daughters of Lycomedes ca. 1776-80 Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory Venus and the Graces crowning Beauty ca. 1776-80 Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory The Graces carrying Cupid ca. 1768-73 Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Sèvres Poreclain Manufactory Pygmalion and Galatea ca. 1763-66 Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory Prometheus and the New Man ca. 1774-80 Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory Inner side of a leaf 1760 Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory Youth in captivity to Love 1795 Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Sèvres Porcelain Manufacatory Youth tormented by Love 1795 Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory Playing Blind Man's Bluff 1795 Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory Bacchante with tambourine 1772-73 Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory Lamp with Philosopher 1780 Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory Lamp with Woman reading a book 1780 Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |