A rare Ludwigsburg porcelain group with Venus, Bacchus and Cupid
A rare Ludwigsburg porcelain group with Venus, Bacchus and Cupid
Seated figures on a naturalistically painted rocaille base. Depicting Venus in a purple drapery, Bacchus in red, and a dove in a tree in the background. Monogram mark HE, incised "be[?]er". Some of the leaves of the tree reattached. H 34.2 cm.
Model attributed to Johann Wilhelm Götz, around 1762.
Literature
Cf. Balet, Ludwigsburger Porzellan (Figurenplastik), Stuttgart-Leipzig 1911, cat. no. 197.
Cf. Christ, Ludwigsburger Porzellanfiguren, Stuttgart-Berlin 1921, illus. 7.
Cf. also Flach, Ludwigsburger Porzellan. Fayence, Steingut, Kacheln, Fliesen. Ein Handbuch, Stuttgart 1997, no. 32.
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A rare Ludwigsburg porcelain group with Venus, Bacchus and Cupid
Seated figures on a naturalistically painted rocaille base. Depicting Venus in a purple drapery, Bacchus in red, and a dove in a tree in the background. Monogram mark HE, incised "be[?]er". Some of the leaves of the tree reattached. H 34.2 cm.
Model attributed to Johann Wilhelm Götz, around 1762.
Literature
Cf. Balet, Ludwigsburger Porzellan (Figurenplastik), Stuttgart-Leipzig 1911, cat. no. 197.
Cf. Christ, Ludwigsburger Porzellanfiguren, Stuttgart-Berlin 1921, illus. 7.
Cf. also Flach, Ludwigsburger Porzellan. Fayence, Steingut, Kacheln, Fliesen. Ein Handbuch, Stuttgart 1997, no. 32.
