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Groupe en porcelaine de Meissen figurant « L'Arlequin indiscret », circa 1740-45
A Meissen group of the "Indiscreet Harlequin," circa 1740-45
A Meissen group of the "Indiscreet Harlequin," circa 1740-45
31 October 2024, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche€40,000 - €60,000
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Groupe en porcelaine de Meissen figurant « L'Arlequin indiscret », circa 1740-45
A Meissen group of the "Indiscreet Harlequin," circa 1740-45
A Meissen group of the "Indiscreet Harlequin," circa 1740-45
Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, the amorous couple seated on rockwork while on the ground Harlequin lifts her dress, the gentleman wearing a yellow hat, turquoise waistcoat with yellow bow, black breeches with yellow rosettes, and yellow shoes with blue bows, the lady wearing a blue small tricorn hat, red bodice, pale salmon-pink dress painted with sprigs of indianische Blumen, and grey shoes with turquoise bows, Harlequin wearing a jacket with blue, red and white chevron pattern and puce-striped trousers, the base applied with leaves and flowers, 16.5cm high (some restoration to extremities)
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Exhibited:
Hohenberg a.d. Eger, Porzellanikon - Staatliches Museum für Porzellan, 2018-2023.
Provenance:
Charles John Dickens Collection, London, sold at Christie's London, 4-6 March 1908, lot 152 (to Ball);
Gustav von Gerhardt Collection, Budapest, sold at Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin, 7-9 November 1911, lot 85;
Louis Cartier Collection, thence by descent;
The Estate of M. Claude Cartier, sold at Sotheby's Monaco, 25 November 1979, lot 112a
It has been suggested that depiction of the lovers in this group may be based on engravings by Petrus Schenck after drawings by Gérard-Joseph Xavert, "Les Amours de Columbine," or an engraving of the painting "L'Automne" by Nicolas Lancret of around 1738; see Vanessa Sigalas and Meredith Chilton (eds.), All Walks of Life, 2022, cat. 145, for a similar group in the Alan Shimmerman Collection. Another example of this group is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv. 1982.60.303.
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