Plate (one of two)
Medium
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Diameter: 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
German, Meissen
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Arnhold, in memory of Mrs. Lisa Arnhold, 1975
Accession Number
1975.434.1
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite plate, one of a pair crafted around 1760 by the renownedissen Manufactory in, exemplifies the pinnacle of 18th-century European porcelain. Produced under the direction of modeler Gottfried Bernhard Göz and Franz Ferdinand Mayer, it delicate depictions of men and women, likely in a Rococo scene of gallant figures amid floral motifs—a hallmark of Meissen's opulent style. With a diameter of 8 7/8 inches, its hard-paste porcelain body gleams with the translucency and durability that revolutionized the medium. Meissen, founded in 1710 as Europe's first hard-paste porcelain factory, ...
About the Artist
Franz Ferdinand Mayer|Meissen Manufactory|Gottfried Bernhard Göz (German| ) · 1710 |1700 –9999 |1800
German, 1710–present|