Meeuw

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, c. 1750

Two seagulls. Porcelain. Meissen, c. 1750, the model by Johann Joachim Kändler.

  • Artwork typefigure
  • Object numberBK-17499-A
  • Dimensionsheight 27.8 cm x width 21.5 cm x depth 23.5 cm, diameter 12 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Meeuw

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17499-A

  • Description

    Figuur van beschilderd porselein. De figuur stelt een meeuw voor, staande op een onregelmatig rond voetstuk, tussen groene waterplanten. Het verenkleed is beschilderd in zwart tot grijs, behalve de veren van de borst, de hals en de kop, die bruinrood zijn. De figuur is gemerkt.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    factory mark


Creation

  • Creation

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

    c. 1750

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    • height 27.8 cm x width 21.5 cm x depth 23.5 cm
    • diameter 12 cm

Acquisition and rights

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  • Provenance

    …; Gatschina Palace, near Petersburg;{Von Falke 1936, p. 281, no. Po. 96 a/b.} …; Hermitage collection, Petersburg, 1911;{Note RMA; Den Blaauwen 2000, p. 415, no. 303; Starye Gody May 1911, image 29.}…; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939) Amsterdam and Paris, 1936;{Von Falke 1936, p. 281, no. Po. 96 a/b.} purchased from his estate, 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

  • S. Trojnitski, 'Galerja farfora Imperatorskogo Ermitaza I', Starye Gody (1911) mei, p. 196, afb. 29.


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