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Gallery of Meissen Animals

Augustus the Strong's Menagerie for the Japanese Palace in Dresden

Samuel Wittwer

In the field of porcelain production, the supreme artistic and technical achievement of the18th century was arguably the Meissen porcelain animals created from 1731 and 1736 for the Japanese Gallery of Elector Augustus the Strong of Saxony.

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Beschrijving Gallery of Meissen Animals

In 1731, the elector-king Augustus the Strong of Saxony commissioned the Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Meissen to create several hundred life-size porcelain birds and other animals to adourn the Japanese Palace in Dresden. By January 1736, 412 birds and 160 quadrupeds had been delivered His Majesty. This book deals with this subject.

ISBN: 9783777427959
Pagina's: 360
Verschenen: 01-01-2006
Rubriek: Beeldende kunsttechnieken

Druk: 1
Uitvoering: Hardback
Taal: Engels
Uitgever: Hirmer Verlag

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