An Allegory of the Earth
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775)
Lot-No. 842
Proceeds : 600 €
Meissen, designed 1747, made around 1860. Polychrome painted porcelain. Model no. 832. Crossed swords mark. Prof. rest. H. 17 cm. - German porcelain modeller and sculptor, taught by the sculptor Thomae in Dresden, whose baroque influence is especially visible in his animal figures, in 1731 appointed court sculptor by August the Strong, at the same time beginning his work for porcelain manufacture Meissen, which he directs for many years, his works are among the highlights of early European porcelain.
Johann Joachim Kaendler: An Allegory of the Earth
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775)
An Allegory of the Earth
Lot-No. 842
Proceeds : 600 €
Meissen, designed 1747, made around 1860. Polychrome painted porcelain. Model no. 832. Crossed swords mark. Prof. rest. H. 17 cm. - German porcelain modeller and sculptor, taught by the sculptor Thomae in Dresden, whose baroque influence is especially visible in his animal figures, in 1731 appointed court sculptor by August the Strong, at the same time beginning his work for porcelain manufacture Meissen, which he directs for many years, his works are among the highlights of early European porcelain.
