A Set of 4 Figures 'Allegories of the Four Seasons'
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775)
Lot-No. 596
Meissen, designed around 1747 with participation of J.F. Eberlein, made around 1910. Polychrome painted figures with corresponding attributes, each on a terrestrial base with sculptural flowers. Crossed jubilee swords marks 1710-1910, model no., former and painter no. Min. prof. rest. H. 13,5 - 15 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: A Set of 4 Figures 'Allegories of the Four Seasons'
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775)
A Set of 4 Figures 'Allegories of the Four Seasons'
Lot-No. 596
Meissen, designed around 1747 with participation of J.F. Eberlein, made around 1910. Polychrome painted figures with corresponding attributes, each on a terrestrial base with sculptural flowers. Crossed jubilee swords marks 1710-1910, model no., former and painter no. Min. prof. rest. H. 13,5 - 15 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.
