Group
ca. 1790 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Figure group of two peasants in hard-paste white porcelain. They are having a meal, and one sits on a low rock holding a bottle and the other sits near him on a higher rock holding a cup. In front of them is another rock which serves as a table and supports food.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain |
| Brief description | Figure group of peasants in hard-paste porcelain, Doccia porcelain factory, Doccia, ca. 1790 |
| Physical description | Figure group of two peasants in hard-paste white porcelain. They are having a meal, and one sits on a low rock holding a bottle and the other sits near him on a higher rock holding a cup. In front of them is another rock which serves as a table and supports food. |
| Dimensions |
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| Gallery label | GROUP OF PEASANTS
Porcelain
ITALY (DOCCIA); about 1770-80
Gift of Lt.-Col. K. Dingwall D.S.O.
through the National Art-Collections Fund
C.544-1919
(Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995) |
| Credit line | Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Frescobaldi Malenchini, Livia ed. With Balleri, Rita and Rucellai, Oliva, ‘Amici di Doccia Quaderni, Numero VII, 2013, The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection’, Edizioni Polistampa, Firenze, 2014
p.72, Cat. 50
50. Pastoral group with two peasants
circa 1790
hard-paste porcelain
h 10,7 cm; length 13 cm; width 14,4 cm
no mark
inv. C.544-1919
gift: Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO through The Art Fund
This damaged statuette represents two seated peasant men having a meal; the style is that of the end of the 18th century. There are no documents which mention statuettes with this subject that make it possible to identify it with certainty. The statuette was attributed to Capodimonte when it was given to the museum (concerning the mistaken attributions of objects from Doccia to Capodimonte in English collections, see MARITANO 2012, p. 14-17). For the typology of the group, see cat. 49.
A.B.
Bibliography: LANE 1954, plate 62B; LANE 1963, fig. 138; GINORI LISCI 1963, plate 72 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.544-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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