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Figural Group: Musicians
Figural Group: Musicians
c. 1737
manufacturer
Meissen Porcelain Factory
(German, est. c. 1710)
modeled by
Johann Joachim Kändler
(German, 1706–1768)
Porcelain
Overall: 20 x 29.2 x 16.7 cm (7 7/8 x 11 1/2 x 6 9/16 in.)
Gift of Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc. 1952.2
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Description
An elegantly dressed couple accompany one another in a duet while seated on a tall-backed settee in this German porcelain figurine. The woman is likely playing a lute, an early form of the guitar, while the gentleman joins in with a wooden flute. Their music-making reflects their courtship and intimacy—a typical symbolic gesture rendered in such figural ceramic sculptures.
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