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96. A Meissen group of Saint John Nepomuk, circa 1750
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96. A Meissen group of Saint John Nepomuk, circa 1750
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
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Description
96. A Meissen group of Saint John Nepomuk, circa 1750
Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, the Saint depicted on a bridge with two arches, staring down at a putto holding up a mirror, another putti behind him with a palm frond and two winged putti faces above one of the arches, 18cm long, 10cm wide, 26cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue to base
Kaendler modelled this group in two sizes in 1741 and reworked one in 1744. The group is listed in Kaendler's work records in July-August 1741, and in January 1744, as well as in his Taxa of overtime work (see S.-K. Andres-Acevedo, Die autonomen figürlichen Plastiken Johann Joachim Kaendlers, vol. II, 2023, pp. 114 and 270. A similar group was sold at Christie's New York, 23 October 2018, lot 294.
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