The monkey ensemble of Count Brühl,
21 items: guitar player height 14 cm, flautist height 13.5 cm, hurdy-gurdy player height 14 cm, clarinettist height 13.5 cm, double bass player height 12.5 cm, triangle player height 14 cm, bugle player height 15 cm, pianist height 13.5 cm, trumpeter height 13.5 cm, harpist height 13 cm, violinist height 13.5 cm, bagpipe player height 14.5 cm, drummer and piper height 16 cm, 4 singers height 12.5–13.5 cm, bassoon player height 14.5 cm, drummer and drum carrier height 14, 13.5 cm, ensemble master with music stand height 17.5, 9 cm, porcelain, polychrome and gilt figural group, gilt-accented rocailles bases, some restoration, Meissen, underglaze blue sword mark circa 1960, model by J. J. Kändler circa 1747 (Ru)
Lit.: VEB Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen, the series of monkeys making music modelled by Johann Joachim Kändler were executed circa 1750 after French sources. The male monkeys are depicted as playing music, whilst the female monkeys as singers. The Monkey Ensemble was reworked and expanded in 1765 by Peter Reinicke. According to tradition it was supposed to be a caricature of Count Brühl’s own ensemble.
Specialist: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
22.04.2015 - 15:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 22,500.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 19,000.- to EUR 30,000.-
The monkey ensemble of Count Brühl,
21 items: guitar player height 14 cm, flautist height 13.5 cm, hurdy-gurdy player height 14 cm, clarinettist height 13.5 cm, double bass player height 12.5 cm, triangle player height 14 cm, bugle player height 15 cm, pianist height 13.5 cm, trumpeter height 13.5 cm, harpist height 13 cm, violinist height 13.5 cm, bagpipe player height 14.5 cm, drummer and piper height 16 cm, 4 singers height 12.5–13.5 cm, bassoon player height 14.5 cm, drummer and drum carrier height 14, 13.5 cm, ensemble master with music stand height 17.5, 9 cm, porcelain, polychrome and gilt figural group, gilt-accented rocailles bases, some restoration, Meissen, underglaze blue sword mark circa 1960, model by J. J. Kändler circa 1747 (Ru)
Lit.: VEB Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen, the series of monkeys making music modelled by Johann Joachim Kändler were executed circa 1750 after French sources. The male monkeys are depicted as playing music, whilst the female monkeys as singers. The Monkey Ensemble was reworked and expanded in 1765 by Peter Reinicke. According to tradition it was supposed to be a caricature of Count Brühl’s own ensemble.
Specialist: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Works of Art (Furniture, Sculptures, Glass, Porcelain) |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 22.04.2015 - 15:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 11.04. - 22.04.2015 |
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