Lot 77
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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A STANDING MAIDEN, 'LA CHOCOLATIER'
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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A STANDING MAIDEN, 'LA CHOCOLATIER'

LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, INCISED T.5, IMPRESSED 36, PAINTED 14.

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A STANDING MAIDEN, 'LA CHOCOLATIER'
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, INCISED T.5, IMPRESSED 36, PAINTED 14.
Modelled after the painting by Liotard with a young girl balancing a cup of chocolate and a glass of water on a tray
7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

Painted in 1745-55 by Étienne Liotard (Swiss, 1702-1789), the present model is based on a facsimile made by the Meissen painter Frenzel after a trip to the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden. His study was originally meant to be copied on to porcelain plaques, not to be the basis for a figure. Cf. Berling, op. cit., table 29, fig. 7 and p. 109.

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