Bagpipe Player Johann Joachim Kaendler (1706 - 1775)

Model, c. 1738/40
Manufacture and decoration, Meissen, c. 1740

Cobalt blue crossed swords mark on the unglazed underside
H. 17.4 cm
 

Description

Comparable pieces
Dresden, Porzellansammlung der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen, Inv.-Nr. PE 512 (published in: U. Pietsch, Meißener Porzellanplastik von Gottlieb Kirchner und Johann Joachim Kaendler, Munich 2006, p. 72, cat.-no. 100)

After the copper engraving entiteled 'Daphnis' by  Louis Surugue (1686-1762) after a painting by Charles Antoine Coypel (1694-1752)

REF No. 0997