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Scowling Harlequin

Manufactory Meissen Manufactory German
After a composition by François Joullain French
1738–40
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Scowling Harlequin
  • Manufactory: Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present)
  • Modeler: Johann Joachim Kändler (German, Fischbach 1706–1775 Meissen)
  • Artist: After a composition by François Joullain (French, Paris 1697–1778 Paris)
  • Date: 1738–40
  • Culture: German, Meissen
  • Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
  • Dimensions: Height: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
  • Object Number: 64.101.80
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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