Shepherd playing a Lute
Factory:
Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory
Modeller:
Bustelli, Franz Anton
Glazed hard-paste porcelain
Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, and glazed except for the underside, which has a large circular ventilation hole. The base is roughly rectangular with a wavy edge, and rises up into a sloping mossy bank with a low tree stump on the viewer's right. A flower surrounded by eight leaves is applied to the ground in front of the stump. The elegant shepherd reclines on the bank, leaning his right elbow on the stump, and holding the peg end of the lute in his left hand and plucking its strings with his right. His head is turned sharply to the viewer's left, his right leg is extended behind him, and his right foot projects over the left front of the base. He wears a tricorne hat, a buttoned up coat, breeches with bows at the knees, and shoes tied on top.
History note: H.E. Backer, London
Purchased with the Dr F.R. Cowper Reed Bequest Fund
Height: 11.7 cm
Length: 14.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1950) by Backer, H.E.
18th Century, third quarter
Max III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria
Circa
1756
CE
-
1760
CE
Visible Surface composed of glaze ( clear)
Press-moulding : Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded in parts, assembled, and glazed
Inscription present: Rautenschild
Accession number: C.6-1950
Primary reference Number: 140334
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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