Callot Figure
manufacturer Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710)
c. 1720
- Medium
- porcelain
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Dimensions
- Overall: 11.5 x 6.2 x 4.8 cm (4 1/2 x 2 7/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
- Culture
- Germany, Meissen, 18th century
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Decorative Art and Design
- Credit line
- Gift of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of his wife, Florence Ellsworth Wilson
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
This small figure is made of the slightly yellowish porcelain developed by Böttger and used by the Meissen factory during the first decade of its existence. It is one of a series of small figures adapted from engravings in the style of Callot and is thought to have been modeled by Georg Fritzche, who had been employed at Meissen since 1712.
