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A KLOSTER VEILSDORF PORCELAIN FIGURE OF APOLLO FROM THE 'SEVEN PLANETS' SERIES, CIRCA 1765 |
估價
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
招標截止
描述
- Porcelain
- 28.5cm., 11 1/4 in. high
modelled by Wenzel Neu, seated in clouds wearing loose puce drapery, holding a bow in his left hand, and balancing a lyre on his right knee,
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RELATED LITERATURE
Markus W. Peters, Thüringer Porzellane des XVIII. Jahrhunderts, aus Kloster Veilsdorf, Volkstedt, Wallendorf und Limbach, Gelnhausen, 1991, p. 86, abb. 36, for another example of the model;
Ralf-Jürgen Sattler, Thüringer Porzellan des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts, Sammlung Jan Ahlers, Oldenburg, 1993, pp. 36-37, no. 6;
Christoph Fritzsche, 'Die Planetgötter der Manufaktur Closter Veilsdorf', Keramos, No. 191, 2006, pp. 89-114.
Markus W. Peters, Thüringer Porzellane des XVIII. Jahrhunderts, aus Kloster Veilsdorf, Volkstedt, Wallendorf und Limbach, Gelnhausen, 1991, p. 86, abb. 36, for another example of the model;
Ralf-Jürgen Sattler, Thüringer Porzellan des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts, Sammlung Jan Ahlers, Oldenburg, 1993, pp. 36-37, no. 6;
Christoph Fritzsche, 'Die Planetgötter der Manufaktur Closter Veilsdorf', Keramos, No. 191, 2006, pp. 89-114.
Condition
In good appearance. The figure's bow is replaced and there is an area of restoration to the front part of his hair. His right thumb and index finger restored. When viewed under a UV light there are scattered areas on the figure which fluoresce.
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
拍品資料及來源
This impressive series of figures must rank among Wenzel Neu's most imaginative from his time at Kloster Veilsdorf. The figures may also be read as representing the days of the week, the seventh figure modelled as Saturn and representing Saturday.
Wenzel Neu (circa 1707-1774), Modellmeister (chief modeller) and porcelain painter, worked at Kloster Veilsdorf between 1763 and 1767. He then left Kloster Veilsdorf for Fulda. Born in Tragau (Bohemia) in about 1707, he received his artistic education probably from the two sculptors Braun and Maximilian Brockoff in Prague. Shortly before 1740 he went to Hammelburg in the principality of Fulda where he is supposed to have worked on the reliefs for the Stations of the Cross. In 1742 he was asked to become Modellmeister at the faience factory in Fulda which had been established one year earlier. There he created the models for all figures until the factory closed in 1761.1
At the time of his arrival at the Kloster Veilsdorf factory, Neu was its only trained sculptor. Until October 1767 he worked on at least 91 different models: 33 figures and groups, 11 animals, 7 busts or portrait reliefs, 2 snuffboxes, 1 sword-hilt, 3 cane handles, 2 sculptural pipe-heads, 5 mirrors, 12 pieces for a dinner service and 11 pieces for a tea-and coffee service, 3 sweetmeat dishes and one objet of Vertu.2 His style and those of his two pupils Friedrich Wilhelm Döll (1750-1816) and Ludwig Daniel Heyd (1722-1801) gave direction to the factory’s figural production.
The factory at Kloster Veilsdorf was founded in 1760 by Prince Eugen of Sachsen-Hildburghausen (1730-1795). 1. Source: Birte Abraham, Commedia dell’arte, The Patricia & Rodes Hart Collection, Amsterdam, 2010, pp.123-131 and Reinhard Jansen (ed.), Commedia dell’arte Carnival of Comedy Players, Stuttgart, 2001, p. 30.
2. Jansen, ibid., p. 30. After a copy of the Closter Veilsdorf inventory of moulds in the Thuringisches Staatsarchiv Meiningen.
Wenzel Neu (circa 1707-1774), Modellmeister (chief modeller) and porcelain painter, worked at Kloster Veilsdorf between 1763 and 1767. He then left Kloster Veilsdorf for Fulda. Born in Tragau (Bohemia) in about 1707, he received his artistic education probably from the two sculptors Braun and Maximilian Brockoff in Prague. Shortly before 1740 he went to Hammelburg in the principality of Fulda where he is supposed to have worked on the reliefs for the Stations of the Cross. In 1742 he was asked to become Modellmeister at the faience factory in Fulda which had been established one year earlier. There he created the models for all figures until the factory closed in 1761.1
At the time of his arrival at the Kloster Veilsdorf factory, Neu was its only trained sculptor. Until October 1767 he worked on at least 91 different models: 33 figures and groups, 11 animals, 7 busts or portrait reliefs, 2 snuffboxes, 1 sword-hilt, 3 cane handles, 2 sculptural pipe-heads, 5 mirrors, 12 pieces for a dinner service and 11 pieces for a tea-and coffee service, 3 sweetmeat dishes and one objet of Vertu.2 His style and those of his two pupils Friedrich Wilhelm Döll (1750-1816) and Ludwig Daniel Heyd (1722-1801) gave direction to the factory’s figural production.
The factory at Kloster Veilsdorf was founded in 1760 by Prince Eugen of Sachsen-Hildburghausen (1730-1795). 1. Source: Birte Abraham, Commedia dell’arte, The Patricia & Rodes Hart Collection, Amsterdam, 2010, pp.123-131 and Reinhard Jansen (ed.), Commedia dell’arte Carnival of Comedy Players, Stuttgart, 2001, p. 30.
2. Jansen, ibid., p. 30. After a copy of the Closter Veilsdorf inventory of moulds in the Thuringisches Staatsarchiv Meiningen.