Pair of Figure Groups: The Flute Lesson (Le Flûteur) and The Grape Eaters (Les Mangeurs de Raisins)

A modeler at the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory based these figure groups on incidents depicted in a comic opera, La Vallée de Montmorency (The Vale of Montmorency), a popular production in Paris in 1752. François Boucher designed the costumes and stage sets for this work. The success of the opera inspired porcelain makers to produce these figure groups, The Flute Lesson and The Grape Eaters, based on Boucher's paintings of scenes from the production.

This was modeled under the direction of Etienne-Maurice Falconet.