Clio, the Muse of History: C.3192-1928

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Titles

Clio, the Muse of History

Maker(s)

Factory: Ludwigsburg Porcelain Factory
Modeller: Sonnenschein, Johann Valentin

Entities

Figure

Description

Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt

Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and painted overglaze in green, pale yellow, flesh-pink, red, purple, and greyish-brown and black enamels, and lightly gilded. The glazed underside has a supporting strutt a third of the way back from the front. The area in front of it is closed, and the area behind it below the figure is open. The square, straight-sided base is dappled overall in greyish-brown and green to resemble marble. Clio stands on her right leg with left foot slightly advanced and left knee relaxed. Her right arm is at her side, and her left held out in front. Her head is turned slightly to her left. She has brown eyes and eyebrows, and greyish-brown hair dressed in a knot at the back with a long tress hanging below it. She wears a gilded frontlet in her hair, and a white, close-fitting, gold edged chiton pinned to form a sleeve and partially covered by a himation which is pale yellow with a purple and green sprigged floral design, and a gold fringe. It passes over her left shoulder and is held up over her left arm so that the green lining is revealed. Her sandals have black straps.

Notes

History note: Purchased from the Red Cross Gift House, St James's Street, on 29 July 1918 for £4.10s.

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Depth: 8.5 cm
Height: 31.5 cm

Place(s) associated

Ludwigsburg ⪼ Würtemburg ⪼ Germany

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Late
Production date: circa AD 1775 : dated 1770 by Rackham (see Documentation 1935)

Note

Previously attributed to Joseph Weinmüller (1746-1812)

School or Style

Neoclassical

People, subjects and objects depicted

Figure
Clio

Components of the work

Decoration composed of gold ( a little) enamel ( green, pale yellow, flesh-pink, red, purple, and greyish-brown)
Base Width 8 cm

Materials used in production

clear Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and painted overglaze in green, pale yellow, flesh-pink, red, purple, and greyish-brown enamels, and lightly gilded. The glazed underside has a supporting strutt a third of the way back from the front. The area in front of it is closed, and the area behind it below the figure is open.
Glazing (coating)