Lady and Cavalier, Known as ‘The Handkiss’
Also titled Dame met cavalier, bekend als ‘De handkus’
Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur
1737
- Medium
- porcelain
- Classification
- figure
- Dimensions
- height 15.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, 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
About this work
Johann Joachim Kändler was appointed an assistant to Johann Gottlieb Kirchner at Meissen in 1731. After Kirchern’s departure, Kändler took over as Modellmeister, or modelling master. In addition to large commissions, from 1736 Kändler also worked on smaller figure groups. His originality and humour raised the genre to great heights.
