A figural group 'Bacchus on a wine barrel'
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meißen 1775)
Lot-No. 241
Meissen, around 1750. Polychrome paint. Depiction of the cheerful and drunken Bacchus sitting on a wine barrel, next to his feet a small Bacchus-boy with wine bottle. Base with rich rocaille relief. Unglazed bottom without manufactory mark. Prof. rest. H. 27 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 figural group 'Bacchus on a wine barrel'
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meißen 1775)
A figural group 'Bacchus on a wine barrel'
Lot-No. 241
Meissen, around 1750. Polychrome paint. Depiction of the cheerful and drunken Bacchus sitting on a wine barrel, next to his feet a small Bacchus-boy with wine bottle. Base with rich rocaille relief. Unglazed bottom without manufactory mark. Prof. rest. H. 27 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.