biscuit porcelain, the naked boy sitting on a wrinkled cloth on a square stone, model no. L 38 incised on the back, oval base on the underside marked C: S:13: in cobalt blue, the edge of the base with minor restoration, interior with short firing crack, the inside of the base with blind stamp of crossed swords mark in a triangle, after 1814, matching rectangular stepped pedestal (probably not originally belonging to this piece) with impressed crossed swords mark and Marcolini star as well as incised R 43 4, figure height 28 cm, pedestal height 15 cm, total height 43 cm, the oval edge of the base and pedestal rim with minor restoration, minor firing cracks, model no. L 38, by Christian Gottfried Lüchtzer, model year 1796–1801 (Ru) 

Christian Gottfried Jüchtzer, sculptor and modeller, Meissen 12.6.1752-7.3.1812 Meissen, employed at the Manufactory from 1769 to 1812, model master from 1794 onwards, head designer until 1812. The son of a porcelain painter in Meissen, C. G. Jüchtzer began his apprenticeship as an former at the Manufactory in 1769. He worked for a few more years with the old master of form design and sculpture, Johann Joachim Kändler (1706-1775), and the young Michel Victor Acier (1736-1799). The Enlightenment, Classicism and the theses of Johann Joachim Winkelmann (1717-1768) made a lasting impression on his works. The best works of Classicism came from his workshop and became virtually synonymous with Classicism in Meissen. His Boy with Thorn is based on an eponymous Greek model from the 5th century BC. Its most famous version is the so-called Capitoline Boy with Thorn (“Spinario”) made of bronze, which can be found in the Musei Capitolini in Rome.

Lit.:
Bergmann A1-Z99, S 219, cat. no. 427;