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Meissen group of Harlequin and a lady

J.J. Kaendler — circa 1745-50
£15000

Modelled with a lady seated at a small table wearing an elegant white dress decorated with puce flowers, a bowl of cherries on her lap and her left hand raised to a parrot perched in a tree, Harlequin standing behind her wearing a white hat, white gilt- edged jacket and yellow trousers, the base applied with leaves and flowers.

Dimensions
16.8cm high

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History

The model is mentioned in Kaendler’s Taxa from 20 November 1745:’Ein Wattauisches Groupgen, da ein wohlgepuztes Frauenzimmer…auf ihrer Schooss ein mit Kirschen gefuelltes Körbgen hat…neben ihr steht ein Tischlein…, derbey ein Arleqvin’ [A Watteauesque group, there a well-dressed woman…on her lap a basket filled with cherries…next to her is a table…, nearby a Harlequin].

Another example is illustrated in R. Jansen (ed.), Commedia dell’Arte Fest der Komödianten (2001), no. 47.

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