Country togs, angelic faces – Duvivier’s children on New Hall
Fidelle Duvivier demonstrated his exceptional gifts for painting cherubs or putti on porcelain throughout his career – both in England and on the Continent (as mentioned in blogpost #13: ‘More Cherubs on Clouds, painted in The Hague’ – Feb. 27, 2018). Examples have been identified at every manufactory where he was employed – at Derby, Sceaux (i), Loosdrecht, on Ansbach porcelain decorated at The Hague (1), with one late example (5) known from the period of his second stay in England, when he worked for the New Hall manufactory, c. 1785-90. Most were painted in puce camaïeu, and some of his finest examples are found on Loosdrecht porcelain, with a new example shown below (3).(ii)