A Large Figure Group 'Allegory of America'
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775)
Lot-No. 359
Proceeds : 1.100 €
Meissen, designed 1747, made 2nd half 20th cent. Polychrome painted porcelain. Crossed swords mark, model no. '70541' and '137x'. H. 28 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 Large Figure Group 'Allegory of America'
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775)
A Large Figure Group 'Allegory of America'
Lot-No. 359
Proceeds : 1.100 €
Meissen, designed 1747, made 2nd half 20th cent. Polychrome painted porcelain. Crossed swords mark, model no. '70541' and '137x'. H. 28 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.