Meissen
(Germany 1710– )
Parrots, model
- Location
- 15th–19th c European art
- Further information
The group was originally modeled by Kändler in April 1745 for Augustus III’s consort Maria Josepha of Austria. The birds are perhaps based on a pet parrot which appears in a portrait of the Queen by Louis de Silvestre the younger (on the art market in 1992; also known in an engraving by Georg Friedrich Schmidt). The colouring of the plumage is similar but not identical.
- Year
- 1745
- Media
- Ceramic
- Medium
- hard-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
- 38.9 x 26.6 x 17.8 cm
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2012.62
