The Lovers
manufacturer Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710)
modeled by Johann Friedrich Eberlein (German, 1696–1749)
c. 1740
- Medium
- porcelain with enamel decoration
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Dimensions
- Overall: 15.3 x 15.3 cm (6 x 6 in.)
- Culture
- Germany, Meissen, 18th century
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Decorative Art and Design
- Credit line
- Gift of Judge Irwin Untermyer
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
Though closely related to the style of modeling developed at Meissen by Kaendler, this group was executed by his chief assistant, Eberlein. The intense colors of the figural decorations are characteristic of Meissen production before about 1750.
