A Large Lying Sheep
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775)
Lot-No. 639
Meissen, designed 1747, made soon after. Porcelain with naturalistic painting in light-brown shades. Crossed swords mark at the unglazed bottom. Prof. rest. H. 12 cm, l. 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: A Large Lying Sheep
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775)
A Large Lying Sheep
Lot-No. 639
Meissen, designed 1747, made soon after. Porcelain with naturalistic painting in light-brown shades. Crossed swords mark at the unglazed bottom. Prof. rest. H. 12 cm, l. 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.
