- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- BR59.147
- People
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Johann Joachim Kändler, German (Fischbach, Germany 1706-1775 Meissen, Germany)
Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German (founded 1710)
- Title
- Melpomene
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- figurine, sculpture
- Date
- c. 1743-45
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Meissen
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/223223
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain decorated with overglaze enamels and gold
- Dimensions
- 17 x 23 x 12 cm (6 11/16 x 9 1/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- manufacturer's mark: Inside base, manufacturer's mark: (crossed swords) in underglaze blue
- inscription: Inscribed on back, MELPOMENE
- Provenance
- Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Pflueger, Gift to HUAM, 1959.
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Pflueger
- Accession Year
- 1959
- Object Number
- BR59.147
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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- Publication History
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[Unidentified Article], Art Quarterly (1961), 24, no. 1, p. 101
- Exhibition History
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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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