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Statuette en porcelaine de Meissen de la série des figures de la commedia dell'arte pour le duc de Weissenfels, représentant Beltrame, circa 1745
A Meissen figure of Beltrame from the Duke of Weissenfels series, circa 1745
A Meissen figure of Beltrame from the Duke of Weissenfels series, circa 1745
31 October 2024, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche€1,500 - €2,000
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Statuette en porcelaine de Meissen de la série des figures de la commedia dell'arte pour le duc de Weissenfels, représentant Beltrame, circa 1745
A Meissen figure of Beltrame from the Duke of Weissenfels series, circa 1745
A Meissen figure of Beltrame from the Duke of Weissenfels series, circa 1745
Modelled by P. Reinicke, wearing a white ruff collar, gilt-edged white cloak, puce tunic with gilt frogging and a satchel around the waist, yellow breeches and black shoes, 13.3cm high, traces of crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to rear of base, incised G., 4. in black (right hand restored)
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Provenance:
Anon. sale, Christie's Geneva, 16 May 1994, lot 84
After the engraving "Habit de Beltrame de Milan" by François Joullain (1697-1778) published in Luigi Riccoboni's Histoire du Théâtre Italien (1728) and mentioned in Reinicke's work notes for August 1744: "1 Figur, Beltrama di Milan, 7 1/2 Zoll hoch, in Thon boshirt" [1 figure, Beltrama di Milan, 7 1/2 Zoll high, repaired in clay]; see Meredith Chilton, Harlequin Unmasked, 2001, p. 121.
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