Education of a Princess
Medium
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
5 1/4 × 4 1/8 in. (13.3 × 10.5 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
German, Höchst
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Accession Number
64.101.289
Tags
Art Historical Context
Nestled in the European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, *Education of a Princess*1755–60) is a delicate hard-paste porcelain figurine by the renowned Höchst Manufactory in. Standing just 5¼ × 4⅛ inches, this charming group captures a tender scene of royal instruction, featuring princesses, women, and playful dogs—evoking the refined Rococo taste for intimate, narrative vignettes on tabletops. The attribution to Nicolas Poussin nods to the French Baroque master's influence, suggesting the composition draws from his classical compositions, reimagined in three dim...