Bittern

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, 1735

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-17497
  • Dimensionsheight 68 cm x width 31.5 cm x depth 28.5 cm, width 18.5 cm x depth 17 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Bittern

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17497

  • Description

    Figuur van beschilderd porselein. De figuur stelt een roerdomp voor die op een onregelmatig voetstuk staat tussen bladeren en lissen. De borst- en halsveren, die van het achterlijf, de vleugels en de poten zijn beschilderd in licht- en donker roodbruin, zwart, bruin en geel. De rest is wit gelaten. De figuur is niet gemerkt.

Creation

  • Creation

    • porcelain company: Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, Meissen
    • porseleinmodelleur: Johann Joachim Kändler, Meissen

  • Dating

    1735

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    • height 68 cm x width 31.5 cm x depth 28.5 cm
    • width 18.5 cm x depth 17 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Johanneum, Dresden;{Von Falke 1936, p. 281, no. Po. 94.} …; from Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, fl. 6,350,000, en bloc, to Artistic & General Securities Ltd. as security for a loan from the Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, but kept in usufruct, 1934;{NHA, 476, RMA Archive, inv. no. 2142, Recapitulatie der geïnventariseerde kunstvoorwerpen van wijlen Dr F. Mannheimer, undated, p. 8, no. Por 95, Artistic no. 24/97; NHA, 233, Arrondissementsrechtbank Amsterdam, inv. no. 1365, “O.R. 256/1939, Faillissementsdossier: nalatenschap Dr. F. Mannheimer, 28 augustus 1939”, image 3, page 2.} purchased from Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, 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

  • 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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