Figural Group: Musicians

Cleveland Museum of Art

Figural Group: Musicians

Meissen Porcelain FactoryLinkedCulture matchlcp-8f0221000226

Date
c. 1737
Medium
porcelain
Culture
Germany, 18th century
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
129358

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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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Credit line
Gift of Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc.
Provenance
(Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., New York).

Part of LinkedCulture topics

  • Representative object from the topic 18th Century European Porcelain Figures
    18th Century European Porcelain Figures

    These objects are decorative figural ceramics produced across Europe (Germany, England, France) during the 18th century, predominantly featuring musicians and social scenes rendered in porcelain and faience.

    76 objects from 4 institutions

  • Representative object from the topic 18th Century Porcelain Figurines
    18th Century Porcelain Figurines

    These objects are decorative ceramic figures and figure groups made from soft-paste or hard-paste porcelain during the 18th century, produced by major European porcelain factories including Meissen, Sèvres, Derby, Chelse

    413 objects from 4 institutions

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