BR59.147: Melpomene
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- BR59.147
- People
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Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German (founded 1710)
Modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler, German (Fischbach 1706-1775 Meissen)
- Title
- Melpomene
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, figurine
- Date
- c. 1743-45
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Meissen
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/223223
Location
- Location
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Level 1, Room 1510, Modern and Contemporary Art, Disrupt the View: Arlene Shechet at the Harvard Art Museums
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Physical Descriptions
- 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, underglaze blue: [crossed swords]
- inscription: back, inscribed: MELPOMENE
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Pflueger, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1959
Acquisition and Rights
- 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
- Permissions
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Publication History
- [Unidentified Article], Art Quarterly (1961), 24, no. 1, p. 101
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
- Disrupt the View: Arlene Shechet at the Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/01/2022 - 07/06/2025
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