A MEISSEN FIGURE OF 'THE CUCKOLD'

CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELLED BY J.J. KÄNDLER

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A MEISSEN FIGURE OF 'THE CUCKOLD'
Circa 1745, blue crossed swords mark, modelled by J.J. Kändler
Depicting two male actors posing as a gallant and companion emblematic of Matrimony before a tree stump, he wearing a black cap, turquoise jerkin and black breeches, a bird perched on the extended fingers of his raised right hand, 'she' standing before the empty bird cage, wearing a pink tricorne hat, yellow bodice and pink skirt painted with indianische Blumen, a pup puppy hiding in the folds of her blue-flowered apron, 'her' left hand reaching forward to place a feather in his cap, her right hand holding the end of a branch against a bird cage resting on a branch of the tree, the base applied with yellow-centered iron-red flowers
8¼in. (21cm.) high

Lot Essay

See Len and Yvonne Adams, Meissen Portrait Figures, London, 1987 for another example of this satirical rendering of a court scandal. According to the records the group depicts 'Oberlandbaumeister Krösseln, two actors, one dressed as a woman who is putting feather's into the man's cap.' The model was initially conceived by Jändler in 1741.

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