Reclining nude figure of Diana
Modeller:
Scheurich, Paul
Factory:
Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur
Glazed hard-paste porcelain
Hard-paste porcelain moulded and glazed overall except for the flat edge of the underside, which is slightly concave and has three large 'patch marks', and a small circular ventilation hole under the viewer's right end. The oval base has a moulding round the edge, and is moulded in slight relief to resemble a grassy ground and rises up into a rock on the right. The slender woman has curling hair drawn back from her forehead and hanging down in two strands onto her shoulders. She is nude apart from her sandals, and a drape over her right thigh. She reclines with her right leg slightly bent and crossed over her left, and leans on her left elbow supported by the rock. Her head is turned over her right shoulder and tilted slightly downwards, and her right hand rests on the drape.
History note: Purchased from M. Macussen, London
Purchased with the Ralph Griffin Fund, from M. Macussen
Height: 22 cm
Length: 39.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1956-04-26) by Macussen, M.
20th Century, Early
Circa
1917
CE
-
1918
CE
Scheurich modelled this figure in 1912 and sold the model to the factory in 1917/18.
Base Length 36 cm Width 17.8 cm
clear; feldspathic presumed
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, and glazed
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: an open black outlined cross with a black cross within it
Accession number: C.3-1956
Primary reference Number: 140252
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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