拍品专文
The arms are those of Carlo Albani (1688-1724), Duke of Soriano and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (on the left) and his wife Teresa Borromeo (1698-1772), daughter of Carlo Borromeo, the Viceroy of Naples, and Camilla Barberini.
It is uncertain when the porcelain service was delivered. It has been suggested (Cassidy-Geiger, Fragile Diplomacy, Bard Graduate Center, New York, Exhibition Catalogue, 2007, p. 246, note 76) that the service could have been delivered before Carlo Albani's death in 1724, but the paste of the porcelain clearly dates to after 1728, and it is more probable that the service arrived in the 1730s, perhaps before or at a similar time to the arrival of Don Federico Borromeo's armorial service, which was delivered in 1736. The service must presumably have been delivered before the arrival of the young Crown Prince Friedrich Christian of Saxony (1722-1763) in Rome in 1738, as his gifts to her are clearly recorded, see M. Cassidy-Geiger 'A Crown Prince of Saxony on the Grand Tour in Italy, 1738-40' The International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show New York Exhibition Catalogue (2004), pp. 21-27, and Cassidy-Geiger, ibid (2007), pp. 218-219.
For a beaker and saucer from the same service, see D. Hoffmeister, Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts, Katalog der Sammlung Hoffmeister, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg (Hamburg, 1999), Vol. II, pp. 478-479, no. 307.
The Albani family had a long-standing relationship with Augustus III of Saxony, and Carlo's brothers, Cardinal Annibale Albani di St. Clement (1682-1751) and Cardinal Alessandro Albani (1692-1779, the noted connoisseur and collector), were hosts to the young Crown Prince Friedrich Christian of Saxony (1722-1763) and his entourage during his stay in Rome from 1738 to 1739. Teresa Albani recieved porcelain vases from the Prince on her birthday, and jewels on the Prince's departure in October 1739. For a portrait and discussion of Carlo Albani, see Bowron and Rishel, Art in Rome (2000), pp. 369-370.
It is uncertain when the porcelain service was delivered. It has been suggested (Cassidy-Geiger, Fragile Diplomacy, Bard Graduate Center, New York, Exhibition Catalogue, 2007, p. 246, note 76) that the service could have been delivered before Carlo Albani's death in 1724, but the paste of the porcelain clearly dates to after 1728, and it is more probable that the service arrived in the 1730s, perhaps before or at a similar time to the arrival of Don Federico Borromeo's armorial service, which was delivered in 1736. The service must presumably have been delivered before the arrival of the young Crown Prince Friedrich Christian of Saxony (1722-1763) in Rome in 1738, as his gifts to her are clearly recorded, see M. Cassidy-Geiger 'A Crown Prince of Saxony on the Grand Tour in Italy, 1738-40' The International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show New York Exhibition Catalogue (2004), pp. 21-27, and Cassidy-Geiger, ibid (2007), pp. 218-219.
For a beaker and saucer from the same service, see D. Hoffmeister, Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts, Katalog der Sammlung Hoffmeister, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg (Hamburg, 1999), Vol. II, pp. 478-479, no. 307.
The Albani family had a long-standing relationship with Augustus III of Saxony, and Carlo's brothers, Cardinal Annibale Albani di St. Clement (1682-1751) and Cardinal Alessandro Albani (1692-1779, the noted connoisseur and collector), were hosts to the young Crown Prince Friedrich Christian of Saxony (1722-1763) and his entourage during his stay in Rome from 1738 to 1739. Teresa Albani recieved porcelain vases from the Prince on her birthday, and jewels on the Prince's departure in October 1739. For a portrait and discussion of Carlo Albani, see Bowron and Rishel, Art in Rome (2000), pp. 369-370.