Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Girl selling Carp
Meissen Porcelain Factory
(Factory)
Kändler, Johann Joachim
(Modeller)
Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels
Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and painted in green, yellow, flesh pink, pink, pale lilac, dark mauve, grey, and black enamels. The flat underside is unglazed and has a circular ventilation hole near the back. The low, roughly triangular base has a low tree stump at the back which supports the figure, and at the front and back some applied green leaves. The bare-footed woman stands on her left leg with the right advanced so that the foot projects over the edge of the base. She looks towards her right and leans forward slightly as she holds out a large grey fish in both hands. Over her black hair she has a black pointed bonnet which covers her ears, and is tied below her chin with a dark pink bow. She wears a white chemise with turned up sleeves, a pink bodice laced over a black stomacher, a yellow skirt caught up round her buttocks by a black belt, and a pale lilac apron. On the base to her left there is a circular low-sided tub containing several small fish.
History note: Purchased by the 2nd Lord Fisher of Kilverstone from Heinz Horwitz, Berlin on 6 December 1933 for £22
Given by Lord and Lady Fisher through the National Art Collections Fund
Height: 18.6 cm
Width: 11.2 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given
(1954-01-14)
by
Fisher, Lord and Lady
Mid 18th Century
Circa
1740
CE
-
1745
1745
CE
The figure was modelled by J.J. Kaendler after 'Carpe Vive' the 6th print in the second series of engravings entitled 'Études prises dans le bas Peuple ou les Cris de Paris' engraved by the comte de Caylus (1692-1765) after drawings by Edmé Bouchardon (1689-1762), which were published in 1737.
Visible Surfaces: composed of glaze ( clear) Decoration: composed of enamel ( green, yellow, flesh pink, pink, pale lilac, dark mauve, grey, and black) Visiblesurfaces:
Press-moulding : Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and painted in green, yellow, flesh pink, pink, pale lilac, dark mauve, grey, and black enamels. The flat underside is unglazed and has a circular ventilation hole near the back.
Inscription present: circular white paper label with serrated edge
Accession number: C.29-1954
Primary reference Number: 140195
Old catalogue number: 363
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
Deep zoom UV
Mirador
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2020) "Figure"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140195 Accessed: 2021-11-28 14:16:29
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140195|title=Figure|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2021-11-28 14:16:29|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}
<div class="text-center my-3">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa30/C_29_1954_1_201405_kly25_mas.jpg" alt="Girl selling Carp" class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Girl selling Carp</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Accession Number: C.40-1998
Accession Number: GR.77.1937
Accession Number: GR.86a.1937
Accession Number: C.141-1932
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
