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Lot 12

Statuette en porcelaine de Meissen de la série des figures de la commedia dell'arte pour le duc de Weissenfels, représentant Pierrot, circa 1745

A Meissen figure of Pierrot from the Duke of Weissenfels series, circa 1745

31 October 2024, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche

€8,000 - €12,000

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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 Pierrot, circa 1745

A Meissen figure of Pierrot from the Duke of Weissenfels series, circa 1745


Modelled by P. Reinicke, wearing a gilt-edged white hat, jacket and trousers, and yellow shoes with purple ribbons, the base applied with leaves, 14.3cm high, (some restoration)

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Based on the engraving "Habit de Pierrot" by François Joullain, after Jean-Antoine Watteau, for Riccoboni's Histoire du Théâtre Italien, published in 1728. The model is listed in Reinicke's work notes in July, 1744: "Einen Pierot, von gleicher Größe, zur Italienischen Comödie, in Thon bossirt" [1 Pierrot, of the same size, for the Italian Comedy, repaired in clay]. See Meredith Chilton, Harlequin Unmasked, 2001, p. 212, cat. 114.

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