The Slumber of the Shepherdess
Group
ca. 1775 (made)
ca. 1775 (made)
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Figure group in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded of a sleeping shepherdess with a shepherd, a boy and a dog. The shepherdess is lying on a grass-covered rocky mound with a tree stump behind. She wears a rose-pink bodice and pale yellow skirt. The shepherd is seated on the ground, to the left and wears a pink-striped white jacket, rose pink waistcoat and breeches of pale yellow. Both wear rose-pink hats. To the right a small boy in rose-pink breeches and jacket with green lining and collar is leading a dog. On the ground to the left of the shepherdess lies a sheep, and at the shepherd's feet is a wallet.
Object details
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Title | The Slumber of the Shepherdess |
Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
Brief description | Figure group in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, modelled by J.P. Melchior, Höchst porcelain factory, Höchst, ca. 1775. |
Physical description | Figure group in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded of a sleeping shepherdess with a shepherd, a boy and a dog. The shepherdess is lying on a grass-covered rocky mound with a tree stump behind. She wears a rose-pink bodice and pale yellow skirt. The shepherd is seated on the ground, to the left and wears a pink-striped white jacket, rose pink waistcoat and breeches of pale yellow. Both wear rose-pink hats. To the right a small boy in rose-pink breeches and jacket with green lining and collar is leading a dog. On the ground to the left of the shepherdess lies a sheep, and at the shepherd's feet is a wallet. |
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Marks and inscriptions | A wheel under an Electorial Hat (In underglaze blue) |
Credit line | Purchased with funds from the Captain H.B. Murray Bequest |
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Accession number | C.145-1934 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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