Figural Group: Musicians
Medium
porcelain
Dimensions
20 × 29.2 × 16.7 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc.
Accession Number
1952.2
Tags
gender unknownmale
About this artwork
An elegantly dressed couple accompany one another in a duet while seated on a tall-backed settee in this German porcelain figurine. The woman is likely playing a lute, an early form of the guitar, while the gentleman joins in with a wooden flute. Their music-making reflects their courtship and intimacy—a typical symbolic gesture rendered in such figural ceramic sculptures.