Woman playing a Mandolin
Factory:
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Modeller:
Eberlein, Johann Friedrich
Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed and painted in green, pale yellow, flesh pink, mauve, red, pale brown, and black enamels.The woman stands on a square white base encrusted with coloured foliage and flowers, and is supported at the back by a low white stump. She wears a black pointed Dutch bonnet, fastened under her chin, a white cravat over her shoulders, and a white bodice with short sleeves, laced across the front. She also wears a mauve-coloured skirt hitched up with a broad black band, a yellow apron tied round the waist with a red ribbon, white stockings and black shoes.
History note: Purchased from Stoner & Evans, London on 9 January 1933 for £15 by Cecil, 2nd Baron Fisher; Lord and Lady Fisher of Kilverstone
Given by Lord and Lady Fisher through the National Art Collections Fund
Height: 17.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1954-01-14) by Fisher, Lord and Lady
18th Century, Mid
Circa
1745
CE
-
1750
CE
Probably the model of ‘1 Holländische Bauer Mädel mit einer Laute verfertiget’ in Eberlein's Arbeitsberichte for August 1743, although the muscal instrument is usually described as a mandoline. The figure has also been attributed to Peter Reinicke
Visible Surfaces
composed of
glaze
( clear)
Decoration
composed of
enamel
Accession number: C.1-1954
Primary reference Number: 140105
Old object number: 364
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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