Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Titles
Cupid as a Doctor
Maker(s)
Factory:
Frankenthal Porcelain Factory
Director:
Hannong, Joseph Adam
Entities
Categories
Description
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in green, pink, puce, and and gilt
Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed including the base, and painted in blue, green, flesh-pink, pink, mauve, red, grey, and black enamels, and gilt. The figure is supported on a domed, scrolled and pierced base, picked out in gold, and has the remains of a gold inscription on the front 'Lan ). Cupid stands on his left leg with his right extended behind him, and leans forward, holding the clyster (enema) in both hands. Cupid has rosy cheeks, red lips and black eyes. He wears a long curling grey wig, and a nightcap with a gold edge; a long green coat with a blue, brown, and mauve floral pattern, and pink lining; and mauve breeches. The clyster is gold.
Notes
History note: Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth
Legal notes
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Measurements and weight
Height: 19 cm
Height: 7½ in
Width: 11 cm
Width: 4 5/16 in
Place(s) associated
-
Frankenthal
⪼ The Palatinate
⪼ Germany
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1950-09)
by
Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
Dating
18th Century, third quarter
Joseph Adam Hannong Period
Circa
1757
CE
-
1759
CE
School or Style
Rococo
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( iblue, green, flesh-pink, pink, mauve, red, grey, and black)
gold
Materials used in production
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Techniques used in production
Press-moulding
: Hard-paste porcelain, press-moulded, glazed, and painted in blue, green, flesh-pink, pink, mauve, red, grey, and black enamels, and gilt
Glazing
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: a rampant lion
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Painted in blue
- Type: Factory mark
- Text: H I or I H
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Incised
- Type: Incised mark
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.53-1950
Primary reference Number: 140322
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 18 August 2015
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
