
Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
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Department Director

Head of Department, Director

Head of Sale
Provenance:
Antique Porcelain Company, New York (paper label to the base)
It is very likely the model is the one mentioned in Kaendler's Taxa for 1741-44: '1. Hund in Lebens Größe nach dem Gemählde, vor Se. Hoch-Reichs Gräffl. Excell. den H. Geheimbden Cabinets-Ministre Graffen von Brühl. 4. Thlr.' [1 life-sized dog after the painting, for his Excellency ..., the Privy Cabinet Minister Count von Brühl. 4 Taler.]; published by J. Rafael, Zur 'Taxa Kaendler', in Keramos 203/204 (2009), p. 49.
A female Danish pug dog with two pups which is probably the counterpart of the present lot is illustrated by Carl Albiker, Die Meissner Porzellantiere im 18. Jahrhundert (1959), no. 182.