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Street Vendor with Backpack Dispenser
Not on view
These two statuettes are part of a large collection acquired by Elector Augustus the Strong between 1694 and 1733. Predominantly depictions of vendors and artisans in elegant clothing, figures of this type, called Galanterien, represent the everyday experience of craftsmen in the Baroque period.
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