Blaise Pascal

Details

• Title

  Blaise Pascal

• Artist/maker

  Sèvres Porcelain Factory (founded 1756) (manufacturer)

  after Augustin Pajou (1730 - 1809) (sculptor)

• Associated people

  Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662) (subject)

• Associated place

  Europe › France › Hauts-de-Seine › Sèvres (place of creation)

• Date

  c. 1784

• Material and technique

  porcelain (hard paste), biscuit (possibly)

• Object type

  sculpture › figure

• Dimensions

  32.1 cm (height)
  29.8 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased, with the assistance of the Art Fund, V&A and Leche Trust in honour of Dr Kenneth J. Garlick, former Keeper of Western Art 1985.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 52 | 18th-century Art

• Museum department

  Western Art

• Accession no.

  WA1985.191

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