A Meissen porcelain figure of Pantalone from a series of Commedia dell'Arte figures made for Duke Johann Adolf II of Saxony-Weißenfels - image-1

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A Meissen porcelain figure of Pantalone from a series of Commedia dell'Arte figures made for Duke Johann Adolf II of Saxony-Weißenfels

Auction 1208 - overview Cologne
18.11.2022, 14:30 - Porcelain Glass
Estimate: 6.000 € - 9.000 €
Result: 5.670 € (incl. premium)
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A Meissen porcelain figure of Pantalone from a series of Commedia dell'Arte figures made for Duke Johann Adolf II of Saxony-Weißenfels

One hand is shown raised, the other hidden under his cloak. On a flat base with flower and foliage appliques. Wiped base, faint crossed swords mark on the reverse. With minor chips to the appliques. H 13.6 cm.
Model by Johann Joachim Kaendler, March 1744, and Peter Reinicke, produced and painted soon after

Provenance

French private ownership.

Literature

This figure together with that of Colombine as a group in Rückert, Munich 1966, cat. 863.
The same model in Jansen (ed.), Commedia dell'Arte Fest der Komödianten. Keramische Kostbarkeiten aus den Museen der Welt, Stuttgart-Düsseldorf 2001, cat. no. 42.
Cf. Brattig (ed.), Meissen. Barockes Porzellan, Stuttgart-Cologne 2010, no. 21.
Cf. also Pietsch, Die Arbeitsberichte des Meissener Porzellanmodelleurs Johann Joachim Kaendler 1706 - 1775, Leipzig 2002, p. 101, entry for March 1744, sheet 87 r- 88 r: "5. Eine Pantaleons Fügur gehöriger Maßen zerschnitten und zum abformen und Ausarbeitung in der Massa befördert."