A Figure 'Girl with Hurdy-gurdy'
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775)
Lot-No. 330
Meissen, midth 18th cent. Polychrome painted porcelain. Crossed swords mark at the reverse side, unglazed bottom. Prof. rest. H. 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 Figure 'Girl with Hurdy-gurdy'
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775)
A Figure 'Girl with Hurdy-gurdy'
Lot-No. 330
Meissen, midth 18th cent. Polychrome painted porcelain. Crossed swords mark at the reverse side, unglazed bottom. Prof. rest. H. 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.