# Figural Group: Musicians

- By: Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710)
- By: Johann Joachim Kändler (German, 1706–1768)
- Date: c. 1737
- Medium: porcelain
- Classification: Ceramic
- Dimensions: Overall: 20 x 29.2 x 16.7 cm (7 7/8 x 11 1/2 x 6 9/16 in.)
- Culture: Germany, 18th century
- Credit line: Gift of Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc.
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.2)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.2/1952.2_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

An elegantly dressed couple accompany one another in a duet while seated on a tall-backed settee in this German porcelain figurine. The woman is likely playing a lute, an early form of the guitar, while the gentleman joins in with a wooden flute. Their music-making reflects their courtship and intimacy—a typical symbolic gesture rendered in such figural ceramic sculptures.