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Winter from a set of Seasons
Factory:
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Modeller:
Eberlein, Johann Friedrich
Modeller:
Kändler, Johann Joachim
Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt
Hard-paste porcelain, painted overglaze in blue, red, flesh pink, pale and dark brown, grey, and black enamel colours, and gilt (a little). The unglazed underside has a round ventilation hole near the back. The square base has straight sides and is undecorated. Winter stands with his left knee relaxed and his arms crossed in front of his chest, leaning forward slightly. He has a long grey beard, and wears a blue cloak lined with brown and white fur, which falls down from his head to the ground at the back and is held up across his loins and upper legs in his right hand. On his right, projecting partly over the edge of the base, there is a covered bowl with a fire on top of it, and on his left, is a nude, brown-haired putto cutting wood with an axe.
History note: Michael Mosely; sold Sotheby's, 16 July 1946, Catalogue of Rare Meissen Porcelain with Factory and Hausmaler Decoration, Continental and English Porcelain and Enamels, lot 149. Purchased from H.E. Backer, London
Given by his colleagues of the Fitzwilliam Museum in memory of D.E. Nunn
Height: 26.4 cm
Width: 14.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1947) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
18th Century, Mid
Circa
1745
CE
-
1750
CE
This figure would originally have formed part of a set of Seasons. The model has been attributed to Johann Friedrich Eberlein because records exist for his having modelled figures of Bacchus and Flora in this set in 1745. Kaendler also worked on the figure of Flora in 1746, and Andres-Acevedo (Documentation 20223) attributed the figure of Winter to him.
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( blue, red, flesh pink, pale and dark brown, grey, and black)
gold
Base
Width 9 cm
Visible Surfaces
Press-moulding : Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in blue, red, flesh pink, pale and dark brown, grey, and black enamel colours, and lightly gilt on the edges of the bowl only
Accession number: C.2-1947
Primary reference Number: 38524
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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