Collection Online as of February 1, 2023
Peasant Woman
manufacturer
Meissen Porcelain Factory
(German, est. c. 1710)
modeled by
Johann Joachim Kändler
(German, 1706–1768)
modeled by
and/or Peter Reinicke
(German, 1715–1768)
Porcelain with enamel decoration
Overall: 17.2 x 10.1 x 6.8 cm (6 3/4 x 4 x 2 11/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 2001.93
Location
216A French and German
Description
The official Saxon porcelain factory at Meissen not only introduced the manufacture of true, hard-paste porcelain to Europe but also popularized the creation of small porcelain sculptures to be used primarily as dining table decorations. Realistic subjects based on contemporary life were introduced in the 1740s. J. J. Kaendler was the most famous of several modelers who worked at the Meissen factory.
Meissen Porcelain Factory
the first and for half a century the best in Europe. It set a high standard which was emulated everywhere, even in China. Founded in 1710 as the Royal Saxon Porcelain Manufacture by Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, at Meissen, near Dresden.
Peter Reinicke
Employed from 1743 until his death as a modeller at the Meissen Porcelain Factory, where he assisted J. J. Kändler and is known to have worked on various portrait busts, Chinoiserie figures and figures in the monkey orchestra.