Figural Group:  Musicians

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.

Provenance

(Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., New York).

Figural Group: Musicians

Meissen Porcelain Factory

c. 1737

Accession Number

1952.2

Medium

porcelain

Dimensions

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

Classification

Ceramic

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc.