Dancing Faun
This porcelain figure is a much-reduced version of a famous antique marble housed in the Uffizi in Florence. The Ginori porcelain manufactory, located in Doccia, near Florence, produced a variety of sculptures of considerable scale derived from antique models; this ambitious program tested the technical possibilities of porcelain, which was a new medium in Europe at this time, and responded to the taste for all things classical.
Artwork Details
- Title: Dancing Faun
- Manufactory: Doccia Porcelain Manufactory (Italian, 1737–1896)
- Modeler: Model attributed to Gaspero Bruschi (Italian, ca. 1710–1780, active 1737–80)
- Date: ca. 1750
- Culture: Italian, Florence
- Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
- Dimensions: Height: 19 7/8 in. (50.5 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
- Credit Line: Purchase, Anne Eden Woodward Foundation Gift, 1987
- Object Number: 1987.293
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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Italian
19th century
Doccia Porcelain Manufactory
Balthasar Permoser
ca. 1760–70
Multiple artists/makers
1745–47
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1750–55
Doccia Porcelain Manufactory
Gaspero Bruschi
1760–70
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