1860-1890. model no. 33.

Height: 37 cm.

Model by Johann Joachim Kaendler 1774. from the "Great Russian Order" for Tsarina Catherine II. From a series of 40 groups. Painted in colors, painted in gold. Center mounted 2-piece base. Incised marks, press marks, painter's marks, sword marks. One forearm, one hand, one corner of the base, few leaves, spindle restored, a strand of hair from below, few leaves, two fingers bumped (fingers loose present).

Kaendler: "the 3.goddesses the parcen which the Lebens Faden derer Menschen dirrigiren started. First, you see a beautiful curved pedestal so with many antique ornaments provided, and the advantageous firing halber in two parts is nicely fit together". Kaendler, court sculptor and modeller, since 1731 at the manufactory, from 1749 head of the plastic department, an ingenious creator of the European porcelain figure * Partner auction Bergmann.

Literature : Bergmann (2017) catalog no. 3402.

Provenance : Hessian private collection.