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Winter — Allegory. Meissen porcelain Koenigliche Porzellain Fabrique, Meissen, mid-18th century ca. 1710–1763. Seasons allegory: winter. Figurine, black. On a flat quadrangular pedestal, an old naked, barefoot bearded man stands in contrapposto, covered with a fur-lined cloak, a horn thrown over his head and flowing down his back to the ground, held by the other horn in his left hand at hip level. The man leans slightly to the side, warming his right hand over a cauldron with a flame at his feet. Saxony; Meissen. Height: 11.5 cm., A small porcelain figurine of a standing human-like figure with pale white skin tones, a reddish-brown head covering, and brown shading in the hair and beard, draped by a reddish cloak with brown and pink gradients that falls behind and down to a small grayish base; the figure is partially nude, holding a small dark object near the waist, with a few flesh-colored highlights and subtle gray shadows on the limbs, and a small rounded gray vessel with cream-colored contents positioned at the figure's feet.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A15_359

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

77.2Mo (520.3Ko) / 38.1cm x 50.8cm / 4499 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Winter Allegory Meissen porcelain Koenigliche Porzellain Fabrique Meissen mid-18th century ca 1710–1763 Seasons allegory winter Figurine black flat quadrangular pedestal old naked barefoot bearded man stands contrapposto covered fur-lined cloak horn thrown head flowing down back ground held horn left hand hip level man leans slightly side warming right hand cauldron flame feet Saxony Height 11.5 cm small porcelain figurine standing human- figure pale white skin tones reddish-brown head covering brown shading hair beard draped reddish cloak brown pink gradients falls down small grayish base partially nude holding small dark object near waist flesh-colored highlights subtle gray shadows limbs small rounded gray vessel cream-colored contents positioned figure's feet.