
Sophie von der Goltz
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The model probably dates to before 1923, but before Scheurich could offer it to the Meissen factory he became ill. It was eventually produced in white in 1926 and subsequently as a coloured version at the end of 1927. Scheurich re-used the figure on the stage curtain for the new opera house in Charlottenburg, which he hand-painted himself and included figures from operas by Verdi, Wagner, Mozart, Strauß, Rossini, Weber and Meyerbeer. It represented the character of Nelusco from the Meyerbeer opera "L'Africaine" ("the African woman"). For an illustration of the stage curtain and a full discussion of the model see Johannes Rafael, Paul Scheurich - Porzellane für die Meissener Manufaktur (1996), no. 22.