Beltrame and Columbine
Group
ca. 1740 (made)
ca. 1740 (made)
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Figure group of Beltrame and Columbine 'Spanish Lovers' of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. Striding couple, Columbine in a crinoline skirt, Beltrame inclining toward her and taking her left arm, with her right hand Columbine lifts her overskirt. Flowered base. Columbine with iron-red skirt patterned with black and gold Indian flowers; blue-green underskirt; black bodice; white jacket with dense gold foliage. Beltrame in theatrical 'Spanish' dress: green slashed jacket with sgraffito floral ornament, yellow cloak, grey slashed breeches.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Figure group of Beltrame and Columbine 'Spanish Lovers', hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, modelled by J.J. Kändler, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1740. |
| Physical description | Figure group of Beltrame and Columbine 'Spanish Lovers' of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. Striding couple, Columbine in a crinoline skirt, Beltrame inclining toward her and taking her left arm, with her right hand Columbine lifts her overskirt. Flowered base. Columbine with iron-red skirt patterned with black and gold Indian flowers; blue-green underskirt; black bodice; white jacket with dense gold foliage. Beltrame in theatrical 'Spanish' dress: green slashed jacket with sgraffito floral ornament, yellow cloak, grey slashed breeches. |
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| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the Murray Bequest |
| Object history | Sir Ernest Cassel (Brook House Collection Sale, Puttick & Simpson, 25-27 May 1932, probably lot 535, not reprod.) |
| Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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| Accession number | C.115-1932 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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