Monkey with a snuffbox

Meissen, painted hard-paste porcelain, c. 1731, model attributed to Johann Joachim Kändler (1706-1775)

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-17492
Dimensionsheight 48.0 cm x width 24.5 cm x depth 31.5 cm, width 21.0 cm x depth 23.0 cm

Identification

Title(s)
Monkey with a snuffbox
Object type
Object number
BK-17492
Description
Figuur van beschilderd porselein. De figuur stelt een witte aap met bruine kop voor die op een boomstronk zit. Met zijn rechtervoorpoot neemt hij een snuif uit een witte ovale snuifdoos met opengeslagen deksel, die hij in zijn linkervoorpoot houdt. Om zijn middel draagt de aap een riem. De figuur is niet gemerkt.
Catalogue reference
- G. Rosa, La Porcellana in Europa, Milan 1966, afb. 132.
- M. Penkala, European porcelain : A handbook for the collector, Rutland, Vermont/Tokio 1968, pl. IV.

Creation

Creation
- porcelain company: Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, Meissen
- porseleinmodelleur: attributed to Johann Joachim Kändler, Meissen
- porseleinmodelleur: Johann Gottlieb Kirchner, Meissen [rejected attribution]
Dating
c. 1730 - c. 1733
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Material and technique

Material
Technique
Dimensions
- height 48.0 cm x width 24.5 cm x depth 31.5 cm
- width 21.0 cm x depth 23.0 cm

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Subject

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

- G. Rosa, La Porcellana in Europa, Milan 1966, afb. 132.
- M. Penkala, European porcelain : A handbook for the collector, Rutland, Vermont/Tokio 1968, pl. IV.

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