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Caritas (Charity)

Group
ca. 1759 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Group depicting Charity (Caritas) with putti, hard-paste porcelain. A woman, dressed in a head-cloth and flowered smock, seated on a high rococo base, giving suck to a child. Another child, naked, on her right; a third, clothed in a white shirt, on her left. A garland of flowers in natural colours hangs down in front of the base, which is outlined in yellow, with details in bluish-green.

Object details

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Object type
TitleCaritas (Charity)
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Brief description
Group depicting Charity (Caritas) with putti, hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours; modelled by Johann Christoph Rombrich, Germany, Fürstenberg Porcelain, ca. 1759.
Physical description
Group depicting Charity (Caritas) with putti, hard-paste porcelain. A woman, dressed in a head-cloth and flowered smock, seated on a high rococo base, giving suck to a child. Another child, naked, on her right; a third, clothed in a white shirt, on her left. A garland of flowers in natural colours hangs down in front of the base, which is outlined in yellow, with details in bluish-green.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.4cm
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.141-1930

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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