Ludwigsburg
(Germany 1759–1824)
- Title
- Female dancer
- Year
- circa 1760-1765
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- hard-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
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14.2 x 9.2 x 5.4 cm
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2012.197
- Location
- 18th c European porcelain
- Further information
Court ballet dancers in rustic dress mimic a peasant dance. The model for this and the male dancer (L2012.196) are typical of the work of Joseph Nees who worked at Ludwigsburg 1759–67 before moving to Zurich (compare L2012.199).
- Bibliography (1)
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Richard Beresford (England; Australia) (Author), Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 111 (colour illus.). cat.no. 149
