A Swan, Meissen c. 1750,
swan with head turned to the right, raised tail feathers and slightly opened wings perched on a round base surrounded by reed bundles in relief, porcelain, with polychrome painted decoration, height 26,5 cm, underglazed blue crossed swords mark, designed by Johann Joachim Kaendler in around 1748, small hairline cracks and minor restorations (GO)
Lit.:
Cf. Ulrich Pietsch, Schwanenservice, Leipzig 2000, ill. 69f.
In this animal figure, Johann Joachim Kaendler has captured a fleeting movement in one of the hardest materials an artist can work with. The neck of the swan is twisted several times, the head turned to the side for a forward look, the body begins to rise from the ground and the wings open. Exact observation of nature and an ability to capture the intermediate moments of motion sequences is a characteristic trait of Kaendler’s genius, beginning with the large sculptures for the Japanisches Palais. The transitory moment enlivens the porcelain figure, because the viewer's visual habit subconsciously adds the movement it expects. The motif of the swan itself is associated with the “Swan Service” that Kaendler designed together with Johann Friedrich Eberlein for Count Heinrich von Brühl in around 1737/1739.
02.05.2023 - 13:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 28,380.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 26,000.- to EUR 34,000.-
A Swan, Meissen c. 1750,
swan with head turned to the right, raised tail feathers and slightly opened wings perched on a round base surrounded by reed bundles in relief, porcelain, with polychrome painted decoration, height 26,5 cm, underglazed blue crossed swords mark, designed by Johann Joachim Kaendler in around 1748, small hairline cracks and minor restorations (GO)
Lit.:
Cf. Ulrich Pietsch, Schwanenservice, Leipzig 2000, ill. 69f.
In this animal figure, Johann Joachim Kaendler has captured a fleeting movement in one of the hardest materials an artist can work with. The neck of the swan is twisted several times, the head turned to the side for a forward look, the body begins to rise from the ground and the wings open. Exact observation of nature and an ability to capture the intermediate moments of motion sequences is a characteristic trait of Kaendler’s genius, beginning with the large sculptures for the Japanisches Palais. The transitory moment enlivens the porcelain figure, because the viewer's visual habit subconsciously adds the movement it expects. The motif of the swan itself is associated with the “Swan Service” that Kaendler designed together with Johann Friedrich Eberlein for Count Heinrich von Brühl in around 1737/1739.
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| Auction: | Furniture, Works of Art, Glass & Porcelain |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction with Live Bidding |
| Date: | 02.05.2023 - 13:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 22. 04. - 02.05.2023 |
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