Attributed to Johann Joachim Kaendler

Exhibited by Elfriede Langeloh

Material Porcelain

Dimensions 15.4 × 13.6 cm

Place of Creation Meissen

Status Vetted

About the Work

Kaendler describes the group in his Taxa as follows: “1. [group] of the same kind, consisting of two figures, with a Harlequin seated beside a woman, caressing her, who strikes him with a slapstick; 8 thalers.”

Comparable examples are preserved in major museums and private collections, including the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, the Gardiner Museum, Toronto, the Pauls-Eisenbeiss Collection, and the collection of Prince Amyn Aga Khan.

John Sandon describes the group as: “This magnificent baroque sculpture, full of life, character and movement, represents Kaendler at his best.”

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Provenance

Swiss private collection = Auction Lempertz, Cologne, 11 May 2012, lot 46

Literature

Chilton, Meredith: Harlequin Unmasked: The Commedia dell'Arte and Porcelain Sculpture. New Haven / London 2001
Menzhausen, Ingelore: In Porzellan verzaubert. Die Figuren Johann Joachim Kändlers in Meißen aus der Sammlung Pauls-Eisenbeiss. Basel 1993

Pauls-Eisenbeiss, Erika: German Porcelain of the 18th Century, The Pauls-Eisenbeiss Collection. 2 Bände. London 1972

Rafael, Johannes: „Zur »Taxa Kaendler«.“ In Keramos 203 – 204 / 2009

Rückert, Rainer: Meissener Porzellan 1710 – 1810. Ausstellung im Bayerischen Nationalmuseum München. München 1966

Rückert, Rainer: „Zur Staffierung der Gesichter von Meißener Porzellanfiguren, Teil IV.“ In Keramos 153 / 1996

Sandon, John: Meissen Porcelain. Bloomsbury 2010