Who created "Wounded Leopard"?

Wounded Leopard was created by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory in c. 1745.

When was "Wounded Leopard" created?

This artwork was created c. 1745.

What medium is "Wounded Leopard"?

Wounded Leopard is Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels.

Wounded Leopard

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory

c. 1745

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels

Dimensions

14 × 9.6 × 15.6 cm (5 1/2 × 3 3/4 × 6 1/8 in.)

Classification

sculpture

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

10912

About the Artist

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory

The Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, established on June 6, 1710, by Augustus II the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, in the Albrechtsburg castle at Meissen near Dresden, marked Europe's breakthrough in producing true hard-paste porcelain. Building on experiments by physicist Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus and alchemist Johann Friedrich Böttger, who perfected the formula using local...

Wounded Leopard

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