A Nymphenburg porcelain model of a putto as Saturn
A Nymphenburg porcelain model of a putto as Saturn
Depicted standing on an open book with a scythe. Incised mark 3. Restored chips to both hands, the drapery and the scythe, losses to the black pigment of the book cover. H 10 cm.
Circa 1760 – 70, model by Franz Anton Bustelli, circa 1755/ 57.
Provenance
Private collection, Hesse.
Literature
Cf. Eikelmann (ed.), Franz Anton Bustelli. Nymphenburger Porzellanfiguren des Rokoko. Das Gesamtwerk, Munich 2004, no. 42, an identical model in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum.
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A Nymphenburg porcelain model of a putto as Saturn
Depicted standing on an open book with a scythe. Incised mark 3. Restored chips to both hands, the drapery and the scythe, losses to the black pigment of the book cover. H 10 cm.
Circa 1760 – 70, model by Franz Anton Bustelli, circa 1755/ 57.
Provenance
Private collection, Hesse.
Literature
Cf. Eikelmann (ed.), Franz Anton Bustelli. Nymphenburger Porzellanfiguren des Rokoko. Das Gesamtwerk, Munich 2004, no. 42, an identical model in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum.
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