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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory Creator Nationality: European; Northern European; German Creator Role: Made by Creator Dates/Places: 1846 - 1908 Biography: the first and for half a century the best in Europe. It set a high standard which was emulated everywhere, even in China. Founded in 1710 as the Royal Saxon Porcelain Manufacture by Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, at Meissen, near Dresden. Creator Name-CRT: Meissen factory Creator Name: Kändler, Johann Joachim Creator Role: Modeled by Creator Dates/Places: 1706 - 1775 Biography: The greatest German porcelain modeller, responsible for much of the success of the Meissen Porcelain Factory and the author of works which were imitated throughout Europe. Trained as a sculptor in Dresden under B. Thome (a pupil of Balthasar Permoser), he joined the Meissen factory in 1731 and was chief modeller there from 1733 to 1775, directing the other sculptors employed at the factory as well as making models himself. Gender: M Creator Name-CRT: Johann Joachim Kändler Creator Name: Reinicke, Peter Creator Qualifier: and/or Creator Role: Artist Creator Dates/Places: 1715 - 1768 Biography: Employed from 1743 until his death as a modeller at the Meissen Porcelain Factory, where he assisted J. J. Kändler and is known to have worked on various portrait busts, Chinoiserie figures and figures in the monkey orchestra. Creator Birth Place: Danzig Creator Name-CRT: Peter Reinicke Title: Peasant Woman Title Type: Primary View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1740 Creation End Date: 1750 Creation Date: 1740-1750 Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects Classification Term: Ceramic Materials and Techniques: Porcelain Dimensions: Overall: 17.2cm x 10.1cm x 6.8cm AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA ID Number: 2001.93 Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html Context: The official Saxon porcelain factory at Meissen not only introduced the manufacture of true, hard-paste porcelain to Europe but also popularized the creation of small porcelain sculptures to be used primarily as dining table decorations. Realistic subjects based on contemporary life were introduced in the 1740s. J. J. Kaendler was the most famous of several modelers who worked at the Meissen factory. AMICA ID: CMA_.2001.93 AMICA Library Year: 2002 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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