2012.58: Allegory of Music
SculptureThe child figure on left stands with left foot on a striped column-like cylinder, curly hair up in a bun in back, light purple drapery across left shoulder, right arm raised up, left hand holds up sheet music, revealing musical notes. The second figure straddles the cylinder while looking behind and up at the first figure and holds something rolled up in left hand. The third figure behind other two plays a small stringed instrument like a lute. Color is minimal accents such as rosy cheeks, red lips, brown hair lines, green leaves on the stand, and faint gold lines.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2012.58
- People
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Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German (founded 1710)
Modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler, German (Fischbach 1706-1775 Meissen)
- Title
- Allegory of Music
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- before 1774
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/340108
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels and gold
- Dimensions
- 30 x 19 x 19 cm (11 13/16 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Paul E. and Gabriele B. Geier, Rome, Italy, gift; to Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2012.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Bequest of Paul E. and Gabriele B. Geier
- Accession Year
- 2012
- Object Number
- 2012.58
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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