Harlequin and Columbine

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, c. 1740 - c. 1744

Harlequin and Columbine are stock figures in the Commedia dell’Arte, a form of Italian theatre in which the same recognizable characters play a role in different sketches. These performances were extremely popular in the 18th century. The leading characters recur in a variety of decorative objects, such as this figure group, which was modelled by Johann Joachim Kändler.

  • Artwork typefigure
  • Object numberBK-17486
  • Dimensionsheight 20.7 cm, length 12 cm x width 8 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Harlequin and Columbine

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17486

  • Description

    Groep van beschilderd porselein. Op een ovaal voetstuk begroeid met bloemen en bladeren staat een dansend paar: Harlekijn en Colombine. Colombine draagt een schort met een rode rand en beschilderd met veelkleurige bloemen. Harlekijn draag een puntige hoed en een witte kraag. Zijn jas en broek zijn beschilderd met speelkaarten. De groep is gemerkt.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    factory mark

Creation

  • Creation

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

  • Dating

    c. 1740 - c. 1744

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    • height 20.7 cm
    • length 12 cm x width 8 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; 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 112, Artistic no. 25/7; 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

  • M. Penkala, European porcelain : A handbook for the collector, Rutland, Vermont/Tokio 1968, pl. V.

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