A Meissen porcelain figure of Saint Nepomuk
A Meissen porcelain figure of Saint Nepomuk
Saint Nepomuk is depicted floating amid clouds above a bridge accompanied by figures of flying angels and winged angel's heads. Blue crossed swords mark on unglazed base. Restored. H 25.3, W of plinth 18.5, D 10. 9 cm.
Model by Johann Joachim Kaendler, 1744.
Kaendler produced several figures of the Bohemian saint John Nepomuk in February 1744, both the more well-known model of the saint carrying a crucifix under his arm and this version shown kneeling on the Charles Bridge in Prague, from which the saint was thrown to his death upon the orders of King Wenzel IV in 1393. Jan Nepomucký, or Jan z Pomuku, who was born in around 1350 in Pilsen, was canonised by Pope Benedict XIII in 1729 and named second patron saint of the Jesuit Order in 1732. In 1736, his grave monument in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague was redesigned by the silversmith Johann Joseph Wirth of Vienna after a model by Antonio Corradini and a drawing by Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach. These events may have helped John Nepomuk's rise to become one of the most popular and widely venerated saints of the 18th century.
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"Kaendler's workshop records from February 1744 transcribed by Pietsch, Die Arbeitsberichte des Meissener Porzellanmodelleurs Johann Joachim Kaendler 1706 - 1775, Leipzig 2002, p. 101: ""Eine Nepomecenus Fügur Wie selbie auf einer Brücken kniet und 2. kleine Engel neben sich hat, gehöriger Maßen zerschnitten und Zum abformen gegeben.""
A 20th century example of this model sold by Lempertz Cologne in auction 692 on 20th September 2018, lot 692, to benefit the Cardinal Meisner Foundation."
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A Meissen porcelain figure of Saint Nepomuk
Saint Nepomuk is depicted floating amid clouds above a bridge accompanied by figures of flying angels and winged angel's heads. Blue crossed swords mark on unglazed base. Restored. H 25.3, W of plinth 18.5, D 10. 9 cm.
Model by Johann Joachim Kaendler, 1744.
Kaendler produced several figures of the Bohemian saint John Nepomuk in February 1744, both the more well-known model of the saint carrying a crucifix under his arm and this version shown kneeling on the Charles Bridge in Prague, from which the saint was thrown to his death upon the orders of King Wenzel IV in 1393. Jan Nepomucký, or Jan z Pomuku, who was born in around 1350 in Pilsen, was canonised by Pope Benedict XIII in 1729 and named second patron saint of the Jesuit Order in 1732. In 1736, his grave monument in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague was redesigned by the silversmith Johann Joseph Wirth of Vienna after a model by Antonio Corradini and a drawing by Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach. These events may have helped John Nepomuk's rise to become one of the most popular and widely venerated saints of the 18th century.
Literature
"Kaendler's workshop records from February 1744 transcribed by Pietsch, Die Arbeitsberichte des Meissener Porzellanmodelleurs Johann Joachim Kaendler 1706 - 1775, Leipzig 2002, p. 101: ""Eine Nepomecenus Fügur Wie selbie auf einer Brücken kniet und 2. kleine Engel neben sich hat, gehöriger Maßen zerschnitten und Zum abformen gegeben.""
A 20th century example of this model sold by Lempertz Cologne in auction 692 on 20th September 2018, lot 692, to benefit the Cardinal Meisner Foundation."
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