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The present two figures are from a set of The Five Senses modelled by Johann Friederich Eberlein in 17???????
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CIRCA 1745, MODELLED BY J.F. EBERLEIN
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TWO MEISSEN FIGURES OF NYMPHS EMBLEMATIC OF SMELL AND SIGHT
Circa 1745, modelled by J.F. Eberlein
Smell as a nymph, her white gown secured with yellow ribbons, a dark pink drape painted and enriched in gilt with flowers cascading down her back, standing beside a putto balancing a basket of flowers on his head, holding blossoms to her nose in her left hand, her right holding similar flowers and resting on the top of the basket, the square base applied with similar flowers; Sight as a similar nymph holding a spyglass to her right eye and balancing a mirror against her left hip, an eagle at her side (2)
Circa 1745, modelled by J.F. Eberlein
Smell as a nymph, her white gown secured with yellow ribbons, a dark pink drape painted and enriched in gilt with flowers cascading down her back, standing beside a putto balancing a basket of flowers on his head, holding blossoms to her nose in her left hand, her right holding similar flowers and resting on the top of the basket, the square base applied with similar flowers; Sight as a similar nymph holding a spyglass to her right eye and balancing a mirror against her left hip, an eagle at her side (2)