
Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
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Department Director

Head of Department, Director

Head of Sale
Provenance:
Louise Catherine Antoinette, Baroness van Zuylen van Nyevelt, Hyde Park, Doorn, The Netherlands;
Thence by descent to the present owner
The gilt inscription in the open book on the base reads "May your future fate be as today, the day of our marriage, happiness. [...] 8th August 1785"; unfortunately, the place-name preceding the date is worn and illegible. A marked Nymphenburg group, titled 'Die erhebte Wahrheit' with similarly modelled figures of a winged, bearded man holding aloft a nymph, is illustrated by F.H. Hofmann, Geschichte der Bayerischen Porzellan-Manufaktur Nymphenburg (1921-23), I, ill. 170.