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The Fencing Lesson

Manufactory Höchst Manufactory German
Modeler Attributed to Johann Friedrich Lück
ca. 1755
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 533

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Fencing Lesson
  • Manufactory: Höchst Manufactory (German, 1746–1796)
  • Modeler: Attributed to Johann Friedrich Lück (1728/29–1797)
  • Date: ca. 1755
  • Culture: German, Höchst
  • Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
  • Dimensions: H. 6-7/8 in. (17.5 cm.); L. base 4-3/4 in. (12.1 cm.)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
  • Object Number: 64.101.290
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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