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Pas de Deux

Modeler Joseph Nees
ca. 1760–63
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 538
The founder of the Ludwigsburg factory, Duke Karl Eugen of Württemberg, was also the founder of what is now the Stuttgart Ballet. His enthusiastic patronage of both porcelain and the ballet is manifested in a series of models of single dancers, pas de deux, and pas de trois, all of which are undoubtedly based on the choreography of Jean-Georges Noverre, who created some nine ballets for Karl Eugen between 1760 and 1766.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pas de Deux
  • Manufactory: Ludwigsburg Porcelain Manufactory (German, 1758–1824)
  • Modeler: Joseph Nees (active 1758–73)
  • Date: ca. 1760–63
  • Culture: German, Ludwigsburg
  • Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
  • Dimensions: Height: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
  • Object Number: 1982.60.192
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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