BR61.18: Putto as Hercules

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BR61.18

People

Johann Joachim Kändler, German (Fischbach 1706-1775 Meissen)
Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German (founded 1710)

Title

Putto as Hercules

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

sculpture, figurine

Date

c. 1780

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Meissen

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/222946

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamel decoration, and gilding

Dimensions

10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• manufacturer's mark: Underglaze blue Meissen swords, back of base.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Pflueger, Gift to HUAM, 1961.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Pflueger

Accession Year

1961

Object Number

BR61.18

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Stephan Wolohojian and Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard Art Museum/ Handbook, ed. Stephan Wolohojian, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, 2008), p. 118, repr.
• Francesca Casadio, Anikó Bezur, Kelly Domoney, Katherine Eremin, Lynn Lee, Jennifer Mass, Andrew Shortland, and Nicholas Zumbulyadis, "X-ray fluorescence applied to overglaze enamel decoration on eighteenth- and nineteenth century porcelain from central Europe", Studies in Conservation (London, 2012), 57, 61-72.

Exhibition History

• A Taste of Power: 18th-Century German Porcelain for the Table, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 03/29/2008 - 06/30/2008

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