Chelsea
(England 1744–1769)
- Title
- Italian beggar
- Year
- circa 1753-circa 1755
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- soft-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
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21.5 x 8.2 x 9.0 cm
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2012.95
- Location
- 18th c European porcelain
- Further information
The model can be attributed to Joseph Willems, a Flemish sculptor who was working for Sprimont at Chelsea from c1748 until his departure for Tournai in 1766. The figure is presumably one of the ‘Italian beggars’ mentioned in a Chelsea sale catalogue of 1756.
- Bibliography (1)
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Richard Beresford (England; Australia) (Author), Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 55 (colour illus.). cat.no. 61
