id:			129358
accession number:	1952.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.2
updated:		2023-03-08 14:59:23.705000

Figural Group:  Musicians, c. 1737. Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710), Johann Joachim Kändler (German, 1706–1768). Porcelain; overall: 20 x 29.2 x 16.7 cm (7 7/8 x 11 1/2 x 6 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc. 1952.2

title:				Figural Group:  Musicians
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creation date:			c. 1737
creation date earliest:		1732
creation date latest:		1742
current location:		216A French and German
creditline:			Gift of Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc.
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culture:	Germany, 18th century
technique:	porcelain
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

* Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710)  - manufacturer
the first and for half a century the best in Europe. It set a high standard which was emulated everywhere, even in China. Founded in 1710 as the Royal Saxon Porcelain Manufacture by Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, at Meissen, near Dresden.
* Johann Joachim Kändler (German, 1706–1768)  - modeled by

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measurements: Overall: 20 x 29.2 x 16.7 cm (7 7/8 x 11 1/2 x 6 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Lutes, Lovers, and Lyres: Musical Imagery in the Collection
	opening date:   1989-02-14T05:00:00
	<i>Lutes, Lovers, and Lyres: Musical Imagery in the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 14-June 11, 1989).

	title:		Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints
	opening date:   2015-01-25T00:00:00
	<i>Themes and Variations: Musical Drawings and Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 25-May 17, 2015).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., New York).
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wall description:
An elegantly dressed couple accompany one another in a duet while seated on a tall-backed settee in this German porcelain figurine. The woman is likely playing a lute, an early form of the guitar, while the gentleman joins in with a wooden flute. Their music-making reflects their courtship and intimacy—a typical symbolic gesture rendered in such figural ceramic sculptures.
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IMAGES

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