The Rape of Helen
Factory:
Frankenthal Porcelain Factory
Modeller:
Lanz, Johann Wilhelm
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels, silvered, and gilt.
Hard-paste porcelain painted overglaze in blue, pale greyish-green, green, flesh pink, dark pink, red, brown, and black enamels, silvered (now appearing as black), and gilded. The oval base is recessed underneath and has four suport struts projecting from the outer edge towards the middle at irregular intervals. The outer edge is moulded with waves coloured greyish-green surrounding the white clinker-built boat. A boatman kneels holding the rudder with his back to the viewer on the left end of the boat. He is nude apart from a white drape decorated with scattered green floral sprays. Paris stands with legs astride, holding up Helen in both arms. He wears a silver helmet and cuirass, and over his right shoulder a white cloak with scattered blue floral sprays which extends down to the top of the boat. His sandals are gold. Helen is nude except for a white drape decorated with scattered red floral sprays.
History note: Uncertain before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Height: 32.5 cm
Length: 22 cm
Width: 11.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1932) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
18th Century, third quarter
Production date:
circa
AD 1760
On accession the model was attributed to Johann Friedrich Lück
This group derives from a bronze by Phillipe Bertrand (1771-1724) now in the Musée du Chateau de Fontainebleau, of which there is a reduced size cast in the Hermitage in St Petersburg. The bronze was engraved by Louis Desplaces (1782-1739) after a drawing by Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700-77), and was presumably the direct source for the porcelain. In the print, however, the boatman does not hold a rudder.
Decoration composed of enamel ( blue, pale greyish-green, flesh pink, dark pink, red, brown, and black) gold
Moulding
: Hard-paste porcelain. mouled in parts, assembled, glazed, and painted overglaze in blue, pale greyish- green, green, flesh pink, dark pink, red, brown, and black enamels, silvered (now appearing as black), and gilded. The oval base is recessed underneath and has four suport struts projecting from the outer edge towards the middle at irregular intervals.
Glazing
Inscription present: circular white paper label printed with FRANCIS DICKSON reserve in a broad black border
Accession number: C.184-1932
Primary reference Number: 140150
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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