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Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, c. 1740 - c. 1744
Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur modelled by Johann Joachim Kändler (1706–1775) Meissen, c. 1740–1744 hard-paste porcelain (one figure missing)
- Artwork typefigure
- Object numberBK-17485
- Dimensionsheight 16.0 cm


Identification
Title(s)
- Harlekijnfamilie
- Harlekijn-familie (één figuur ontbreekt)
Object type
Object number
BK-17485
Description
Groep van beschilderd porselein. Op een onregelmatig ovaal voetstuk, begroeid met bloemen en bladeren zit een vrouw met een kind op de schoot op een heuvel. Achter haar staat een boomstronk en aan haar linkerkant een vioolspelende harlekijn half zittend op een boomstronk. De groep is niet gemerkt.
Creation
Creation
- porcelain company: Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, Meissen
- modelleur: after Johann Joachim Kändler, Meissen
Dating
c. 1740 - c. 1744
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Dimensions
height 16.0 cm
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Provenance
...; collection Hermine Feist-Wollheim (1855-1933), Berlin;{Note RMA.}…; 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. 10, no. Por 113, Artistic no. 25/5; 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.
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