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León (uno de un par)

Manufactory Meissen Manufactory German
ca. 1732
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 533
El bestiario de porcelana creado para el palacio japonés de Augusto II, en Dresde, fue uno de los proyectos artísticos más ambiciosos del siglo XVIII en el campo de la cerámica. La producción de animales de porcelana de tales dimensiones no tenía precedentes, y las numerosas grietas de cocción que se aprecian en este león y su compañero reflejan la dificultad técnica tanto para modelar como para cocer figuras tan grandes. Pese a estos pequeños defectos, y al anómalo tono azuloso del esmalte, este león y la serie a la que pertenece representan uno de los mayores logros de la fábrica Meissen en Alemania, la primera en Europa en producir auténtica porcelana.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: León (uno de un par)
  • Artista: Conforme a un modelo atribuido a Johann Gottlieb Kirchner, alemán, ca. 1706–1737
  • Fecha: ca. 1732
  • Geografía: Alemania, Meissen
  • Material: Porcelana de pasta dura
  • Dimensiones: 53,3 x 83,2 x 34,3 cm
  • Crédito: Fondo Wrightsman, 1988
  • Número de inventario: 1988.294.1
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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