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Statuette en porcelaine de Frankenthal représentant un chef d'orchestre, circa 1765
A Frankenthal figure of a singing conductor, circa 1765
A Frankenthal figure of a singing conductor, circa 1765
31 October 2024, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche€2,000 - €3,000
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Statuette en porcelaine de Frankenthal représentant un chef d'orchestre, circa 1765
A Frankenthal figure of a singing conductor, circa 1765
A Frankenthal figure of a singing conductor, circa 1765
Modelled by Franz Conrad Linck, holding sheet music in his left hand, wearing a long wig, black cloak, puce cravat, red-striped shirt, white jacket with gilt tassel at the sleeve, puce breeches and black shoes, on a rocky base edged with moulded gilt scrollwork, 16.5cm high, crowned CT monogram and AB in underglaze-blue, incised H2
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The conductor is dressed in stage costume wearing a knotted wig ("perruque nouée") that had fallen out of fashion since the 1720s but was still considered appropriate for court officials and lawyers up until the 1760s. The prominent dark eyebrows and pronounced lips indicate the application of makeup, thus reinforcing the comedic nature of the figure. He holds a rolled-up sheet of music in his left hand as he sings or exclaims to an imaginary audience, garnering comparisons to the famous marsupial conductor of the Meissen "Monkey Orchestra" modelled by J.J. Kaendler from 1753-1766 (Barbara Beaucamp-Markowsky, Frankenthaler Porzellan, vol. II, 2008, pp. 361-362, cat. 195). Another example of this figure is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, inv. 67.1193.
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