Meissen
(Germany 1710– )
Bagpipe player, model
- Location
- 18th c European porcelain
- Further information
Modelled by Kändler in July–August 1741. The figure is based on an engraving of 1739 by Jacques Dumont le Romain and Jean Daullé after a painting by Dumont le Romain. As the engraving makes clear the bagpiper is a humble street entertainer; in the print he operates a puppet show with his leg. A pendant engraving showing a poor woman of Savoy with a cradle and a child formed the basis for a companion Meissen figure. The present example is unusual in having a plume in the hat. The figure was later copied at Bow.
- Year
- 1741
- Media
- Ceramic
- Medium
- hard-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
- 25.2 x 11.9 x 12.4 cm
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2012.56
