Meissen
(Germany 1710– )
- Title
- Savoyard woman with cradle, model
- Year
- circa 1753-circa 1754
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- hard-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
-
14.0 x 8.1 x 6.7 cm
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2012.71
- Location
- 18th c European porcelain
- Further information
Modelled by Reinicke c1753–54. The figure, from a series of Paris street criers, is based on a drawing by Christophe Huet of 1753. An inscription on Huet’s drawing identifies the woman as a Savoyard (implying a provincial beggar).
- Bibliography (1)
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Richard Beresford (England; Australia) (Author), Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 30 (colour illus.). cat.no. 35
