Tanzende Paare. Kultur: Italienisch, Neapel. Abmessungen: Höhe: 8 cm. (21 cm). Werk: Capodimonte Porzellan Fabrik (Italienisch, 1740/43-1759). Modeler: Modell zugeschrieben, Giuseppe Gricci (Italienisch, Ca. 1700-1770). Datum: Ca. 1755-59. Dieser betörenden Coupé ist eine Sammlung von fünfzehn Capodimonte Figuren und Gruppen für die glücklichste Merkmale dieser Arbeit das Werk zeigen. Im Thema - - Schauspieler, Liebhaber, Straßenverkäufer - die Zahlen wurden zweifellos durch den Präzedenzfall in Meißen durch die Modelle von J.J.Kändler inspiriert. Abgesehen von den allgemeinen Einfluss als erste Europäische
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Dancing couple. Culture: Italian, Naples. Dimensions: Height: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm). Factory: Capodimonte Porcelain Factory (Italian, 1740/43-1759). Modeler: Model attributed to Giuseppe Gricci (Italian, ca. 1700-1770). Date: ca. 1755-59. This beguiling coupe is one of a collection of fifteen Capodimonte figures and groups that demonstrate the happiest characteristics of that factory's work. In subject matter--actors, lovers, street vendors--the figures were undoubtedly inspired by the precedent set at Meissen by the models of J. J. Kändler. Apart from its general influence as the first European factory to develop a successful repertoire of porcelain sculpture, Meissen was directly influential in the conception of the Capodimonte factory in 1743: Charels IV, king of Naples, was married to Augustus the Strong's granddaughter, who is said to have brought with her to Italy no fewer than seventeen Meissen table services. But a difference in material and temperament transformed the brilliantly aggressive character of Kändler's models into a kinder, occasionally melancholic, interpretation of human nature. The Capodimonte figures are not characters, but people. The material is soft-paste porcelain of a clear but warm white, covered by a lustrous glaze that on late pieces took on a greenish (eventually an outright turquoise) hue. The figures are simply modeled, and for the most part are colored sparingly, the hemline of jacket or skirt or the open design of a dress pattern emphasizing the clarity of paste and glaze. The most engaging characteristic of Capodimonte sculpture, however, lies in an unerring sense of pose and gesture that creates, in such two-figure compositions as this group, an exceptional sympathy between the figures. The smooth rhythm of the inclination of the bodies, the tilting heads, the sloping shoulders, the linked arms, all establish a mood of gentleness and rapport. The chief modeler at Capodimonte throughout its existence (1743-59) was Giuseppe Gricci
