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拍品專文
This figure is from a series of ten Commedia dell'Arte figures modelled by Wenzel Neu.1 Neu's series enjoyed commercial success, whereas the smaller series of figures modelled after his departure to Fulda in 1767 were not so successful (see lots 51-53). Neu used an engraving from the series 'Arlechin, das lebendige Gemählde und lächerl Cupido' by Johann Balthasar Probst (illustrated here) as the inspiration for this figure of Pantalone.
For a discussion of the series, see Ralf-Jürgen Sattler, '"Theater Figuren" von Closter Veilsdorf' in Reinhard Jansen (ed.), Commedia dell'Arte, Fest der Komödianten, Keramische Kostbarkeiten aus den Museen der Welt, Stuttgart, 2001, pp. 86-90 (English supplement pp. 30-33). Also see Ernst Kramer, 'Die Theaterfigure von Kloster Veilsdorf' in Keramos 20, 1963, pp. 3-28. A similar figure in the Gardiner Museum, Toronto, is illustrated by Meredith Chilton, Harlequin Unmasked, The Commedia dell'Arte and Porcelain Sculpture Singapore, 2001, p. 290, no. 62, where seven of the comedy characters are illustrated, pp. 289-291. For the other three characters in the series, see Hugo Morley-Fletcher, Early European Porcelain and Faience, as collected by Kiyi and Edward Pflueger, London, 1993, Vol. I, pp. 206-207 (Columbine), pp. 210-211 (Capitano Rodomonto) and pp. 212-213 (Brigatellin).
1. Ernst Kramer's conclusion that the series only included 10 figures, rather than the more usual 12, is based on the records begun by the accountant Georg Philipp Pfränger in the latter half of 1766. These records list Naÿ as the modeller in the verfertiget (name of the artist) section for the series.
For a discussion of the series, see Ralf-Jürgen Sattler, '"Theater Figuren" von Closter Veilsdorf' in Reinhard Jansen (ed.), Commedia dell'Arte, Fest der Komödianten, Keramische Kostbarkeiten aus den Museen der Welt, Stuttgart, 2001, pp. 86-90 (English supplement pp. 30-33). Also see Ernst Kramer, 'Die Theaterfigure von Kloster Veilsdorf' in Keramos 20, 1963, pp. 3-28. A similar figure in the Gardiner Museum, Toronto, is illustrated by Meredith Chilton, Harlequin Unmasked, The Commedia dell'Arte and Porcelain Sculpture Singapore, 2001, p. 290, no. 62, where seven of the comedy characters are illustrated, pp. 289-291. For the other three characters in the series, see Hugo Morley-Fletcher, Early European Porcelain and Faience, as collected by Kiyi and Edward Pflueger, London, 1993, Vol. I, pp. 206-207 (Columbine), pp. 210-211 (Capitano Rodomonto) and pp. 212-213 (Brigatellin).
1. Ernst Kramer's conclusion that the series only included 10 figures, rather than the more usual 12, is based on the records begun by the accountant Georg Philipp Pfränger in the latter half of 1766. These records list Naÿ as the modeller in the verfertiget (name of the artist) section for the series.