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Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, c. 1731 - c. 1733

The porcelain factory at Meissen, near Dresden, was founded in 1709. It was the first European factory to produce ‘true’ or hard-paste porcelain, like that known in China and Japan. The manufactory was owned by Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland. All the birds and animals in this display case were made for him. They were intended for his so-called Japanese Palace, the walls of which he wished to fill with porcelain.

  • Artwork typefigure
  • Object numberBK-17491
  • Dimensionsheight 42 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Monkey

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17491

  • Description

    Figuur van beschilderd porselein. De figuur stelt een zwart beschilderde aap voor, zittend op een rots. De aap draagt een witte, geplooide kraag. Met zijn linker voorpoot brengt hij een vrucht aan een tak met bladeren naar zijn bek. De figuur is gemerkt.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    factory mark: ‘AR’

Creation

  • Creation

    • porcelain company: Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, Meissen
    • porseleinmodelleur: Johann Gottlieb Kirchner, Meissen

  • Dating

    c. 1731 - c. 1733

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 42 cm

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Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; purchased from the estate of Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

    • M. Penkala, European porcelain : A handbook for the collector, Rutland, Vermont/Tokio 1968, pl. IV.
    • Noortje Krikhaar, Keramiek : Een porseleinen dierentuin, uit: Origine, 2016, 3, pagina pp. 50-55(zie: R:\Documentatie\Artikelen\Krikhaar_2016.pdf)

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