Cockatoo

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, 1734

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-17494
Dimensionsheight 34.8 cm x width 19.7 cm x depth 40.2 cm, width 13.5 cm x depth 14.1 cm

Identification

Title(s)
Cockatoo
Object type
Object number
BK-17494
Description
Figuur van beschilderd porselein. De figuur stelt een boomstronk met bladeren voor, waarop een voorover gebogen kaketoe zit. De kaketoe heeft gele en witte veren; op de vleugels, de staart en de kop ook blauwe en rode veren. De figuur is niet gemerkt.
Catalogue reference
G. Rosa, La Porcellana in Europa, Milan 1966, afb. 138.

Creation

Creation
- porcelain company: Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, Meissen
- porseleinmodelleur: Johann Joachim Kändler, Meissen
Dating
1734
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Material and technique

Material
Technique
Dimensions
- height 34.8 cm x width 19.7 cm x depth 40.2 cm
- width 13.5 cm x depth 14.1 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. 138.

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